Scientists have uncovered one of the most exciting geological discoveries of the decade – the long-lost Pontus tectonic plate ...

Analysing lava flows that solidified and then broke apart over a massive crack in the Earth's crust in Turkey has brought new insights into how continents move over time, improving our understanding ...

Geoscientists from the University of Toronto have made a breakthrough discovery that adds new dimensions to the theory of ...

They represent the least well-studied of the three major plate boundaries, which include divergent boundaries, like East Africa, where plates move apart forming new crust; and convergent ...

Continental clues: Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Credit: Morris McLennan, ...

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in Earth's mantle may be the ...

although large and destructive earthquakes have been relatively rare in the Sagaing region. “The plate boundary between the India Plate and Eurasia Plate runs approximately north-south ...