A new high-resolution computer model shows rocks that are colder, or have a different composition, in Earth's mantle where ...

These continents are still on the move today. Exactly what drives plate tectonics is not known. One theory is that convection within the Earth's mantle pushes the plates, in much the same way that ...

Where convection currents push plates together, destructive plate boundaries (margins) are formed. Constructive plate margins close constructive plate marginAn area where two tectonic plates are ...

One discovery that ought to be on everyone's rundown is plate tectonics - the description ... everything is connected in the deep mantle through convection, but trench pull does seem to be key." ...

Hidden deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, researchers have uncovered anomalies in the Earth’s mantle that defy existing ...

Scientists may have discovered the world's oldest arc-slicing fault in Northwestern Australia's remote deserts. The finding ...