This discovery sheds new light on how oceanic plates sink into the Earth's mantle. Variations in rock composition within oceanic plates influence their trajectory and subduction speed. These ...

In the past, such anomalies were usually linked to subduction zones—places where one tectonic plate slides beneath another. In those zones, slabs of oceanic crust plunge into the mantle ...

Their research revealed compelling evidence of a phenomenon known as delamination—a process in which the denser lower part of the tectonic plate sinks into the Earth’s mantle, while the ...

The javascript code uses the leaflet library to create an interactive map that displays earthquake data and tectonic plate boundaries. The earthquake data is plotted with circles and is styled based ...

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The discovery highlights the significant role of lithospheric structures in influencing tectonic plate movement and suggests microcontinents are more common than previously believed. A major ...

In a seismic revelation that could reshape our understanding of the planet's crust, scientists have found that the Indian Plate is splitting apart. A part of the plate’s lower layer is peeling off and ...

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