Indian tectonic plate is splitting beneath the Himalayas, revealing a dramatic twist in Earth's tectonic history, scientists ...

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

This early rocky shell featured chemical signatures previously thought to occur only in continental crusts made by the ...

Scientists have discovered an unusually thick mantle transition zone beneath the Lesser Antilles. This discovery sheds new light on how oceanic plates sink into the Earth's mantle. Variations ...

The process—called delamination—was detected beneath the Tibetan Plateau using seismic waves and helium gas analysis from natural springs. These findings have raised urgent scientific questions about ...

Iran’s Zagros folds are visible via satellite imagery Formed by Arabian-Eurasian plate collision Offers insight into mountain ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates as they plunge deep into ...

A recent study reveals that slow ocean expansion 15-6 million years ago caused sea levels to change and drop by up to 30 ...