A groundbreaking study reveals that East Africa is splitting faster than previously believed due to a fiery upwelling of ...

The Africa–Eurasia plate boundary presents one of the world’s most varied and dynamic tectonic settings—encompassing subduction zones, strike-slip faults ...

Scientists confirm Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, submerged almost two million square miles, with only 5% above water.

Last week, there were reports that a series of small earthquakes were recorded in California that generated a few news headlines. The state is notorious for earthquake activity. It’s estimated that ...

“We knew that geological deformations like faults happen on the continental plate interiors far from plate boundaries,” said Erkan Gun, a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Physical ...

An active continental rift zone currently exists in what is called the East African Rift System, where what is known as the Somalian plate is pulling away from the rest of the continent ...

Here, subduction happened radially outward, as oceanic plates plunged beneath continental edges ... most significant recent discoveries in plate tectonics is the confirmation of the Pontus ...

However, a new study reveals melting ice can affect continental drift and volcanic activity ... they extended deep into the mechanics of plate tectonics. “As ice volume was greatly reduced, it caused ...