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.

The national park’s features confirm plate tectonic theory, making it one of the best places to see the planet’s geological ...

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 ...

Credit: Tao Yuan and Shijie Zhong Melting glaciers 10,000 years ago sped up continental drift and volcanic activity ... may have also had unexpected consequences—including for plate tectonics, or the ...

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 ...