Plate tectonics, the theory that underpins ... high-resolution magnetic data to connect buried features with surface geology.

Studying the tectonic forces within the Earth give rise to continents, ocean basins, mountain ranges, earthquake belts, and most volcanoes, along with the resulting deformation of geological ...

Structural geology and tectonics projects commonly include fieldwork components and are typically ... and have dived and drilled in thousands of meters of water to observe and take samples from active ...

Tectonics is the study of the structural geology of the Earth and other planetary ... This includes the movements of the Earth’s tectonic plates that result in the creation, destruction and ...

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than ...

certain aspects of Earth's geology keep the plate tectonic engine chugging along. For a planet to sustain plate tectonics, it must have a convective mantle, Foley said. Cold, dense surface ...

Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, potentially affecting plate tectonics and creating conditions for life.

Research in structural geology and tectonics seeks to define how and why deformation occurs within the earth at scales from mineral fabrics to lithospheric plates, and at time frames ranging from ...

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 ...