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 ...

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 ...

On present-day Earth, plate subduction continuously modifies the chemical composition of the convecting mantle, and various ...

Quantum mechanics? Something to do with genetics, perhaps? One discovery that ought to be on everyone's rundown is plate tectonics - the description of how the rigid outer shell of our planet (its ...

The geology of the ocean floor is truly spectacular - perhaps even more than land geology. Unfortunately, it's really hard to ...

New research has revealed Venus may have had Earth-like plate tectonics billions of years ago. The finding opens up the ...

Tiny minerals are revolutionizing our understanding of textbooks. Easter Island consists of several extinct volcanoes. The ...

In a new study, a team of researchers suggests that 4 billion years ago, plate tectonics likely looked closer to what we experience today than previously thought. The team published its findings ...

A bout 150 million years ago, a massive tectonic mega-plate stretched across the Earth, spanning roughly a quarter of the ...

Researchers from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS), along with collaborators from ...

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 ...

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 ...