The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries ... boundaries also occur where a plate of ocean dives, in a process called subduction, under a landmass.

The implications extend beyond our planet. Andersen suggests that similar processes could occur on planets lacking Earth-like plate tectonics, such as Mars and Venus. Understanding lithospheric ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

The mid-ocean ridges mark the lines along which the Earth is turning itself inside out through the process of plate tectonics. Advances in technology are helping to reveal the intricate details of ...

In this lesson, students use scientific data to learn how the scientific process works. They learn where the Earth's tectonic plates and their boundaries are, what happens at the boundaries ...

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found lurking below Africa and the Pacific Ocean, entombed some 1,200 miles below the ...

Scientists analyzing seismic data from southern Tibet discovered that the Indian tectonic plate is fragmenting as it subducts ...

Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation from intense heat due to metamorphism. Researchers tackled this by using ...

Scientists analyzing seismic data from southern Tibet discovered that the Indian tectonic plate is fragmenting as it subducts beneath the Eurasian plate, reshaping our understanding of the forces ...