are where tectonic plates pull apart due to convection ... When the oceanic plate is forced below the continental plate it melts to form magma and earthquakes are triggered. The plate melts ...

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?

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

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants ... of silica-rich material that have hung around since the formation of the mantle four billion years ago, or areas ...

However, there is no evidence of plate subduction—a geological process in which one tectonic plate is forced ... that has been there since the formation of the mantle about 4 billion years ...

Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean may form sooner than expected. The change could alter the climate and ...

Understanding plate tectonics is key to grasping how the Earth’s geology works and how oceans and continents came to be.

Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation from intense heat due to metamorphism. Researchers tackled this by using ...