Wegener didn't have an explanation for how continents could move around the planet, but researchers do now: Plate tectonics. We now think that Earth's outer shell is divided into large slabs of ...

These tectonic plates do move, but very slowly — 4 inches a year at most — and they don’t move because of anything we’re doing; they move independently, at their own pace and on their own scale. So, I ...

The Earth is made up of many tectonic plates, and these are constantly shifting ... It's very hard to predict what will happen when it does split – it's a very dynamic system.

Do tectonic plates move because of motion in the Earth's mantle, or is the mantle driven by the movement of the plates? Or could it be that this question is ill-posed? This is the point of view ...

A team of researchers including Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego geophysicist Dave Stegman has developed a new theory to explain the global motions of tectonic plates on the earth's ...

The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence suggests it is the plates that drive the convection. Slab pull ...

Based on a series of models considering how the continents were assembled over time, a team of researchers at the University of Adelaide created an updated map of Earth's tectonic plates.

You’re looking at the Afar Depression in Ethiopia, a 12-foot-wide hot springs that exists at the junction of three massive tectonic plates. It also sits on top of a volcano. This photo was taken ...

An earthquake of this size can cause damage locally but does not affect the full thickness of the earth’s crust. This means it would not have any effect on the movement of tectonic plates.

The movement of these tectonic plates leads to earthquakes and volcanoes forming. Inner core The inner core is 2900 km below the Earth’s surface, in the centre of the Earth, and is the hottest ...