Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics ...

In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...

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

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

Volcanoes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and volcanoes and featuring case studies from ...

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an ...

Southern California is seismically active due to its location on tectonic plate boundaries, having experienced major quakes like the 1994 Northridge event. A strong but shallow earthquake with a ...

Sink or Swim: The fate of sinking tectonic plates depends on their ancient tectonic histories New findings provide a greater understanding of how tectonic plates move Date: April 9, 2025 Source ...

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