This early rocky shell featured chemical signatures previously thought to occur only in continental crusts made by the process of subduction, in which one tectonic plate slides under another. But ...

Investigating the causes and consequences of volcanoes and featuring case studies ... s crust are mostly found at the boundaries of tectonic plates… At constructive boundaries - usually deep ...

Imagine standing on a scorched landscape where the ground is cracked and shimmering, and the sky glows a deep, fiery orange.

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in Earth's mantle may be the ...

Three videos exploring tectonic activity - earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis - and featuring contrasting case studies of each.

New findings provide a greater understanding of plate subduction, or how tectonic plates slide beneath ... the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Lead author, Dr. Xusong Yang, a former visiting ...

Similar activity in Greenland now could eventually trigger volcanic eruptions in Iceland. Geoscientists modeled a chain of events that demonstrate how sea level rise impacts plate tectonics, they ...

This part of the planet plays a crucial role in shaping surface features like mountains and volcanoes, and it drives plate tectonics through ... of ETH Zurich and lead author of the study ...

Continental clues: Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Credit: Morris McLennan, ...

As many volcanoes also ... rock going 400 km down. The plates soon began drifting into each other, sometimes sliding over, sometimes diving under. Such plate tectonics have left unique chemical ...