Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will one day create a new ocean. This is the conclusion of an international team ...

Tectonic plates are massive slabs of Earth's lithosphere that float atop the semi-fluid mantle, constantly shifting and ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

How many tectonic plates are there? The answer to the total number of tectonic plates is a matter of who you ask in the field of geology. One thing that scientists can agree on is that there are ...

Far beneath the ocean's surface, where mountain belts rise and ancient oceanic crust lies hidden, a long-lost tectonic plate ...

Geology Tectonic plates can spread subduction like a contagion — jumping from one oceanic plate to another Geology Scientists discover strong, unexpected link between Earth's magnetic field and ...

Plate Tectonics in the Archean: Observation versus Interpretation. Science China Press. Journal Science China Earth Sciences DOI 10.1007/s11430-023-1210-5 ...

The research provides chemical evidence that plate tectonics was most likely occurring more than 4.2 billion years ago when life is thought to ... noting that the geology community is divided on ...

Read the latest issue.One of the oldest journals in geology, The Journal of Geology (JG) has since 1893 promoted the systematic philosophical and fundamental study of geology. JG publishes original ...

New finding contradicts previous assumptions about the role of mobile plate tectonics in the development of life on Earth. Moreover, the data suggests that 'when we're looking for exoplanets that ...