Such mountain ranges form when two tectonic plates collide and Earth's crust buckles ... to the northeast of Fiji and Tonga. Given the challenges in surveying the seafloor, their study was ...

Geochemical analyses link the geologic histories of the South Pacific Islands of Fiji, Vanuatu, and Samoa. This map shows the tectonic features of the area studied. (Credit: Gill et al, 2022) ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. Long-lost remnants of tectonic plates have been discovered sunken deep inside the Earth's mantle. These plate remains were found ...