For decades, scientists debated whether the Indian Plate was simply underplating — slipping beneath Tibet's crust — or ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, a drop starts to form, eventually becoming weighty enough to break off and ...

When the lithosphere is broken into a number of plates is called the Lithospheric plates. The plates are moving because they are floating on the molten magma inside the earth. The movement of ...

The researchers used a full-waveform tomographic model of the North American plate that showed "extensive drip-like features, ...

Geodynamic models say deep mantle flow from the long-subducted Farallon slab is likely behind the massive underground “drips” ...