Indian tectonic plate is splitting beneath the Himalayas, revealing a dramatic twist in Earth's tectonic history, scientists ...

Scientists have discovered an unusually thick mantle transition zone beneath the Lesser Antilles. This discovery sheds new light on how oceanic plates sink into the Earth's mantle. Variations ...

A rare geological process is tearing the Indian Plate apart deep beneath the surface, scientists have discovered. In a study ...

Iran’s Zagros folds are visible via satellite imagery Formed by Arabian-Eurasian plate collision Offers insight into mountain ...

This surprising discovery comes just weeks after a major earthquake in Myanmar and could change how scientists understand the ...

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

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

Instead, it's undergoing a rare process called delamination ... “With a clearer three-dimensional image of how tectonic plates interact, scientists can better comprehend the Earth's surface ...

Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything. The realisation in the 1960s that Earth’s crust is made of fragments ...