Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and ...

Using information from inside the rocks on Earth's surface, we have reconstructed the plate tectonics of the planet over the last 1.8 billion years. It is the first time Earth's geological record ...

Plate tectonics also exposes rocks that react ... Earth's history is a leap forward in the scientific grand challenge to map our world. But it is just that — a first attempt.

Over Earth's history, several supercontinents ... the study authors were able to create a thorough map of each plate's journey from 1 billion years ago until the present. "Simply put, this ...

The researchers believe the presence of solid rocks and convection contribute to plate motion ... seismic detectors around the world and created a global map of the asthenosphere.

Long-lost remnants of tectonic plates have been discovered sunken deep inside the Earth's mantle. These plate remains were found lurking underneath the center of other continental plates ...

This solid surface then eventually formed continents, but they were very different ones compared with the world map we know today ... This is when two tectonic plates collide underwater and ...

Plate tectonics over the last 1.8 billion years of Earth history. Why map Earth's past? Among the planets in the solar system, Earth is unique for having plate tectonics. Its rocky surface is ...