Kirkuk lies at the intersection of two major tectonic plates—the Arabian and Eurasian plates—a boundary often referred to as the Black Line on geological maps. This region is inherently prone to ...

Perched on a hot spot along the Juan de Fuca Ridge, the volcano is steadily inflating with magma, raising  the frequency of ...

As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large glaciers began to melt. The sea levels rose quickly—about 1 centimeter per ...

Tibetan uplift was mainly caused by post-collisional mantle dynamics, not ongoing India-Asia convergence. The study ...

New details about the crust on Venus include some surprises about the geology of Earth's hotter twin, according to new ...

Nearly one week after a magnitude 5.4 earthquake shook the Borderland, experts are revealing what may have caused it.

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When standing in many places in Yellowstone National Park, the signs of a buried heat source are unmistakable, making one ...

A structured approach was applied in sample collection and analysis, with a total of 45 samples designated for major element analysis and 35 samples ... southern China has undergone multiple stages of ...