The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

According to plate tectonics theory, Earth's outer shell ... about tectonic plate motions — past and present — and Earth history, check out his YouTube page. Source: Christopher Scotese ...

Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, ...

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 colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

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 ...

Take a tour of the space volcanoes on other planets and moons across the Solar System, and find out how they differ from ...

Plate tectonics describes the movement and interaction ... "Our new results suggest that for most of Earth's history, convection in the mantle was stratified into two distinct layers, namely ...

An earthquake is extremely destructive if it occurs shallow in the Earth's crust and near population centres - Friday's earthquake in Myanmar did both.

It is highly prone to earthquakes due to its location on the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.