Scientists have uncovered a key piece of the puzzle behind the unusual "slow earthquakes" occurring off the east coast of New ...

More information: YongFei Zheng, Plate tectonics in the Archean: Observations versus interpretations, Science China Earth Sciences (2023). DOI: 10.1007/s11430-023-1210-5 ...

A 3D block diagram across North America showing a mantle tomography image reveals the Slab Unfolding method used to flatten the Farallon tectonic plate. By doing this, Fuston and Wu were able to ...

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This study won’t end the debate over Venus’ tectonic structure, but the team was able to “recognize that there was a bigger picture pattern,” Herrick says.

A tectonic plate is a massive slab of Earth’s outer shell, known as the lithosphere. These plates float on the asthenosphere, a softer, more flexible upper mantle layer. Earth’s lithosphere is ...

The Ecuadorian portion of the South American subduction zone presents an interesting case study in the structure and complex evolution of an upper plate. There are outstanding questions about its ...

At the center of this revisionist theory is Iceland, a volcanic island long viewed as a product of a deep mantle plume separating two tectonic plates. But a research team led by Dr. Jordan ...

Now, as reported in a recent issue of the journal Earth-Science Reviews, scientists are able to precisely recreate the journeys of Earth’s tectonic plates over the last billion years of its history.

Mount Longonot and Mount Suswa, two dormant volcanoes, are located approximately ten miles away and the area is part of the Great Rift, a very large tectonic structure stretching almost 1,900 ...

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