is forced underneath the continental plate. The force of this collision is so great that mountains are created. Earthquakes are very common at this type of boundary as the mountains are pushed ...

Nearly all tectonic action occurs at plate boundaries ... and the Himalayan mountain range (where the Eurasian and Indian continental plates collide, crumpling up). Convergent boundary zone (Credit: ...

The Indian plate may be peeling ... in debate over when plate tectonics began Some suggest that the bulk of the Indian plate may simply be sliding under the Eurasian plate without diving deeply ...

on a boundary between two of the Earth’s tectonic plates—in this case, the Indo-Australian plate and the Eurasian plate. Plates are rigid structures made up from the Earth’s crust and the ...

To the east, in Pakistan and India, is another plate boundary, where the Indian and Eurasian plates meet. A smaller earthquake hit Iran on April 9. The magnitude-6.3 Bushehr earthquake ...

"The MAR separates the North American Plate from the Eurasian Plate in the North Atlantic, and the South American Plate from the African Plate in the South Atlantic. These plates are still moving ...

Millions of years ago, the Himalayas formed when the plate containing the Indian subcontinent pushed against the Eurasian plate, causing the land to buck and fold and rise into the world’s ...

A new active fault system has been discovered off the coast of Portugal, which scientists believe could be the first signs of an eventual convergence of the North American and Eurasian tectonic ...

Scientists analyzing seismic data from southern Tibet discovered that the Indian tectonic plate is fragmenting as it subducts beneath the Eurasian ... of the boundaries and interactions between ...

The world's highest mountain range - the Himalayas - is a testament to the power of plate tectonics. Forced upwards by the gradual northward push of the Indian plate into the Eurasian plate.