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

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

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 ...

Africa is currently undergoing processes that could lead to the separation of the Somali Peninsula from the rest of the ...

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

A new study from the University of Maryland traces a 120-million-year-old “super-eruption” to its source, offering new ...

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 Sierra Nevada has been a topic of debate for decades in the geology community due to an anomaly found ... Separately, the ...

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