Earth’s earliest crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, has long been thought to have lacked the complex chemical features ...

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

Beneath the surface of the United States, the Earth's crust is slowly sinking, creating a new geological phenomenon.

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

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It’s long been thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate.

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the ...

The oldest parts of Earth's continents are called cratons, and underneath, they are rooted to the mantle... | Earth And The ...

But don't worry, the continent isn't about to collapse. These are incredibly slow geological processes, happening over ...