In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

It starts with the map of the world familiar ... By reconstructing where ancient plate boundaries lay through time, we can ...

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the ...

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the ... moving at about the same speed as your fingernails grow, so the map of the world will continue to change, but just very, very, very slowly.