Analyzing lava flows that solidified and then broke apart over a massive crack in Earth's crust in Turkey has brought new ...

Africa is currently experiencing geological processes that could eventually lead to the separation of the Somali Peninsula ...

India’s tectonic plate may be splitting into layers beneath Tibet, revealing mantle helium leaks and reshaping theories of mountain formation and plate tectonics.

New findings provide a greater understanding of plate subduction, or how tectonic plates slide beneath one another. This recycling of surface materials and volatile elements deep into the Earth's ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Compositional anomalies in oceanic plates, resulting from ancient tectonic activities, affect their descent into Earth's mantle. These anomalies, particularly ...

Studying the tectonic forces within the Earth give rise to continents, ocean basins, mountain ranges, earthquake belts, and most volcanoes, along with the resulting deformation of geological ...

Such plate tectonics have left unique chemical signatures ... calling an important tenet of geology into question. The study, which used a combination of models and lab studies, will have to ...

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...

The bunching of the land by plate tectonics was followed by intense erosion, which wiped away any sediment covering the colorful layers. Luckily for modern visitors, there is no vegetation to ...

Continental clues: Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Credit: Morris McLennan, ...