Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Subduction zones are the most important sites of material exchange between the crust and mantle on Earth. They are also the locations where the largest deposits of strategic metals, such as copper, ...

It is unclear what these structures are. If they were anywhere else, they could be portions of tectonic plates that have sunk ...

AFTER a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar and an 8.2 magnitude earthquake in Thailand on March 28, Bangladesh also felt a 4 ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

Off the coast of Hawke’s Bay, a giant slumbers – but could wake at any time. The Hikurangi Subduction Zone is where the ...

The potential impact of the Nankai Trough earthquake has long been a concern for Japan, and recent reports from the Japanese government's expert group shed light on its anticipated effects. On March ...