Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything. The realisation in the 1960s that Earth’s crust is made of fragments ...

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

A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic tectonic collision that created the Himalayas.

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

The Hadean protocrust formation and early plate tectonics challenged by new study, questioning geological assumptions.

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

This surprising discovery comes just weeks after a major earthquake in Myanmar and could change how scientists understand the ...