There are also many extensional tectonic settings that lack evidence for a mantle plume and associated magmatism, indicating far-field plate stresses also drive plate fragmentation. The Arabian Plate ...

Now, 50 years after the event, he may finally have an answer: The bottom of the tectonic plate off Portugal's coast seems to be peeling away from its top. This action may be providing the ...

This volcanic duo is part of Indonesia’s volatile ‘Ring of Fire’, a horseshoe-shaped belt of tectonic plate boundaries that encircles the Pacific Ocean and accounts for some of the most powerful ...

The surface of Earth is continually renewed by the constant shifting and recycling of massive sections of crust, called tectonic plates, that float atop a viscous interior. Venus doesn’t have tectonic ...

Located around 100–200km (70–100 miles) off the Pacific coast of North America, the Cascadia Subduction Zone is an area where two tectonic plates converge. Advert In this case, we have the ...

The Cascadia subduction zone is part of the “Ring of Fire,” where the Pacific Plate meets another tectonic plate and causes the “strongest earthquakes in the world” as well as a majority ...

Terrifying footage has emerged from March's Myanmar earthquake showing the ground literally sliding either side of two tectonic plates. The astonishing video clip, originally uploaded to ...

The Tibetan Plateau is known for its seismic activity due to tectonic plate collisions. Tibet and Nepal lie on a major geological fault line where the Indian tectonic plate pushes up into the ...

The Tibetan Plateau is known for its seismic activity due to tectonic plate collisions. Tibet and Nepal lie on a major geological fault line where the Indian tectonic plate pushes up into the ...

“It’s on an ocean spreading center, which is on one side of the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate, and the other side is the side that’s subducting beneath the subduction zone,” William ...

This discovery is surprising, for Venus doesn't have tectonic plates like Earth. But latest research based on data collected 30 years ago suggests that Venus' surface is still actively changing ...