“The North American and Eurasian tectonic plates ... the conventional definition of what counts as a continent might need a rewrite. The map of Earth, long thought settled, could be far more ...

it would mean that the tectonic plates of the European and North American continents are still in the process of breaking apart, leaving the world with six continents rather than seven.

This provided for a highly granular view of the seismic situation at local levels, but also across the entire North American continent. Looking at the map, the black lines show areas of maximum ...

Dr. Ron Blakey, Professor Emeritus of Geology at Northern Arizona University, recently published maps showing the step-by-step evolution of the tectonic plates comprising North America ...

Researchers from the University of Derby say that the break-up of the European and North American continents is still ... The REAL map of the world: Clever 'to scale' chart reveals the true ...

A groundbreaking new study found that cratons, the cores of continents, are less stable than thought. They discovered the craton beneath the North American ... resolution map of the mantle ...

Researchers have discovered that the North American continent is slowly losing rock from its underside in a process called "cratonic dripping." This is caused by the remnants of the Farallon Plate ...

There are seven continents on Earth ... recent findings "contains geological fragments from both European and North American tectonic plates," said Earth.com. "This discovery suggests that ...