New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

Due to the radiative thermal conductivity of the mineral olivine, only oceanic plates over 60 million years old and ...

Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

Geologists have uncovered the remains of a massive tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean, a plate that had been hidden for ...

NEW YORK — Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks — plains of ...

If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.

Dive into the world beneath your feet and discover what tectonic plates are, how they move, and why they're responsible for earthquakes, volcanoes, and the shifting of continents.

Tectonic map of the Philippine Sea Plate, highlighting the different microplates that formed as a result of oceanic spreading at different spreading centers.

What are Earth’s plate tectonics? All you need to know about the three major boundaries Plate tectonics have served as natural engineers in the shaping of our landmasses over eons. Updated: Mar ...

As it turns out, the Ring of Fire just happens to follow the meeting points of a whole bunch of these tectonic plates: there’s the Eurasian plate; the North American; Juan de Fuca; Cocos ...