New research has dramatically reshaped our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, overturning traditional beliefs ...

New tectonic plate model shows how Earth was organized as a supercontinent 2.8 million years ago: Scientists hope it will help predict natural hazards like earthquakes and volcanoes ...

This study presents a new 1.8-billion-year full-plate tectonic model, integrating geological and paleomagnetic data to ...

Precise model of tectonic-plate movements developed from 20-year study Date: March 23, 2010 Source: Rice University Summary: When it comes to 3-D puzzles, Rubik's Cube pales in comparison with the ...

Scientists have developed a new model of Earth’s tectonic plates that provides fresh insights into the planet’s geological history and a better understanding of natural hazards like ...

A tectonic plate is dying under Oregon. Here’s why that matters. A peek into the curious geology of the Pacific Northwest helps tease apart what may happen when the last bits of an oceanic plate ...

A tectonic plate "lost" for 60 million years hiding under the Pacific Ocean has been reconstructed by scientists.

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

A computer model visualization of material in the lower mantle. This material resembles a sunken plate but cannot come from subducted plates because of the lack of nearby subduction zones.

About 150 million years ago, a massive tectonic mega-plate stretched across the Earth, spanning roughly a quarter of the size of the Pacific Ocean. Its jagged contours ran all the way through the ...

Plate tectonics, the idea that the surface of the Earth is made up of plates that move apart and come back together, has been used to explain the locations of volcanoes and earthquakes since the 1960s ...

Scientists have developed a new model of Earth’s tectonic plates that provides fresh insights into the planet’s geological history and a better understanding of natural hazards like ...