The Earth's hard outer layer (where we live) is called the crust ... like jigsaw puzzle pieces far beneath our feet. Tectonic plates move - usually very slowly - and this broke Pangaea up into ...

Researchers have discovered evidence suggesting that the Indian tectonic ... plate is undergoing a process known as “delamination.” This means that the denser lower portion of the plate is detaching ...

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?

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, Harvard researchers think they have a good explanation for ...

The Earth sure knows how to keep things moving. At their edges, tectonic plates interact and naturally collide, driven by the Earth’s internal geological forces. These movements are the powerhouse ...

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Iceland. This area is the boundary between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, which move apart ~ 2.5 cm/year over millennia. Tingvellir National Park, Walk ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Plate tectonics give rise to Earth's mountain ranges, earthquakes and the long-term movement of continents ... a geodynamicist at Penn State, told Live Science. "I think it's still considered ...

Where convection currents push plates together, destructive plate boundaries (margins) are formed. Constructive plate margins close constructive plate marginAn area where two tectonic plates are ...

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants ... years ago and has survived despite the convective movements in the mantle,” Thomas Schouten, first author of ...

Beneath their majestic peaks, the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates engage in ... Decoding the Indian Plate’s Hidden Movements Unlike dense oceanic plates, continental plates like the Indian ...