The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the volcanoes that dot the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The plates make up Earth's outer shell, called the lithosphere.

Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of plates, which have moved throughout Earth's history. The theory explains the how and why behind mountains, volcanoes ...

The Earth is made of different layers: the core, mantle and crust. Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the Earth is split into plates (pieces of the Earth’s crust). The movement of ...

Tectonics is the study of the structural geology ... the Lesser Antilles subduction zone act as a strong asperity on the plate interface and release fluids that drive hydrofracturing and ...

The mid-ocean ridges mark the lines along which the Earth is turning itself inside out through the process of plate tectonics. Advances in technology are helping to reveal the intricate details of ...

250 million-year re-creation of the geography of Earth, showing the interplay between plate tectonics and sea level variations Credit Paleomap Project and Michael Chin ...

The Hadean protocrust formation and early plate tectonics challenged by new study, questioning geological assumptions.

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