Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says, and in the process ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

Despite being tied together beneath the surface, these regions diverge sharply above it. Iceland and the Azores are politically and culturally European. Cuba is firmly part of Latin America, while the ...

In a concerning development, Africa is slowly undergoing geological changes due to tectonic forces, which are causing the ...

A map showing seismic speed in Earth’s crust at 125 miles depth across the continental U.S. and portions of Central America and Canada. The North American craton (outlined in black dashes) has a ...

The oldest parts of Earth's continents are called cratons, and underneath, they are rooted to the mantle... | Earth And The ...

That fragment is the heart of what we know today as eastern North America. Then, around 500 million years ago, tectonic forces started bringing fragments of other landmasses toward the future ...

It is made up of large slabs called tectonic plates. The plates fit together like ... mountains that are still growing - like in South America’s Andes, or the world’s tallest mountain, Everest ...