"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

Controversial Dutch researcher and seismologist Frank Hoogerbeets said on Monday that Greece is in volcanic and earthquake ...

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 ...

Different plate tectonic settings produce distinctive basin environments where sedimentary rocks are deposited. Download a chart to use in class and an activity for practicing with these concepts: ...

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways ...

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants ... One of these methods is by setting up seismographic stations to measure seismic waves as they travel through the ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated in this feature. Keep an eye on the map to see where in the world the activity takes place. Also known as spreading boundary, a divergent ...

According to plate tectonics theory, Earth's outer shell is divided into multiple plates that slowly glide over the mantle. This slowly changes Earth's surface over time by merging, or separating ...

Geology. The presence of oceans, continents and plate tectonics on Earth is most likely the reason there is no evidence for advanced extraterrestrial civilizations, according to new research by ...

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants of submerged ... One of these methods is by setting up seismographic stations to measure seismic waves as they travel ...