The whole world used to be joined in one supercontinent called Pangaea. The Earth's hard outer layer (where we live) is called the crust. It is made up of large slabs called tectonic plates.

The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence suggests it is the plates that drive the convection. Slab pull ...

It starts with the map of the world familiar to everyone ... we can better understand the tectonic geography of the world and ...

They learn where the Earth's tectonic plates and their boundaries ... to mark (on their individual plate boundary map) all plate boundaries in the world which fit that description.

The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.

Earthquakes happen every day all over the world, along both tectonic plate edges and interiors. Earthquakes occur along faults, which are fractures between blocks of rock that allow the blocks to move ...

Delhi-NCR falls under Zone IV on the seismic zoning map of India, indicating a high risk of strong tremors. This region is part of the collision zone between the Indian and Nepalese tectonic plates, ...

According to plate tectonics theory, Earth's outer shell is divided into multiple plates that slowly glide ... For more animations from Scotese about tectonic plate motions — past and present ...

The Ring of Fire is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of its ... the Ring of Fire traces the meeting points of many tectonic plates, including the Eurasian, North American, Juan de ...