tectonics

New approach yields results suggesting that the typical method for mountain building doesn't hold for southern Italy

This model opens up a new range of perspectives and starting points for studying specific regions of our planet

Researchers find that a large earthquake could set off eruption of Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano

Researchers present a new approach to trace the first emergence of old rocks using a different mineral—barite

Recent findings provide researchers with a better knowledge of the melting of the Greenland ice sheet

Long-debated plate located in Northern Canada using 3D mapping technology

Researchers have discovered that seismic rumblings on the seafloor can provide them with another tool for monitoring the temperature of ocean waters

Research reveals that plate tectonics started on Earth 600 million years before what was believed

Cornell geoscientists have discovered the first direct evidence that material from deep within Earth’s mantle transition zone can percolate to the surface to form volcanoes

Rice University scientists use Hawaiian hot spot to study movement of Earth's poles