From the deepest ocean trench to the tallest mountain, plate tectonics explains the features and movement of Earth's surface in the present and the past. The theory of plate tectonics was ...

Researchers have discovered an unusual plume of magma beneath Oman that may have changed the course of the Indian tectonic ...

These elements are not only substantial to upgrade plate tectonics into the new version, but also fundamental to explain the onset and operation of plate tectonics in Precambrian time. In this ...

Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything ... shrink and move around—explained the origins of mountain ranges, ocean trenches, volcanoes and earthquakes. It also explained why ...

The geochemical reactions of plate tectonics could have buried ... without breaking it apart into tectonic plates. That could explain circular features called coronae on the surface of Venus ...

Understanding its current, single-lid geology could help scientists figure out why the two planets' fates diverged, and whether plate tectonics may explain why one planet hosts life and the other ...

A recently published study has revealed a little-known tectonic process unfolding beneath Turkey’s Central Anatolian Plateau, ...

Understanding its current, single-lid geology could help scientists figure out why the two planets' fates diverged, and whether plate tectonics may explain why one planet hosts life and the other ...

This process, called plate tectonics, is responsible for earthquakes, volcanoes, ocean ridges and vast mountain ranges on Earth's surface. We know that other rocky bodies, such as Venus ...

After publishing his seminal plate tectonics paper, Morgan began studying volcanic regions called “hot spots ... and asked whether anyone was accompanying me. As this was not the case, he explained ...