The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways ...

"We really need to understand the life cycle of a planetary body before we can do a lot with the exoplanet data." Only Earth has jigsaw-like tectonic plates ... and the rock record has completely ...

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants of submerged plates will be found near subduction zones. However, a new high-resolution model shows that these remnants ...