Research has shown the complex history behind this gap of missing time, and theories range from the break-up of an ancient supercontinent, causing tectonic uplift and erosion, to a dramatic shift ...

However, the Konya Basin's behavior challenges conventional tectonic theories ... As Andersen concludes, "Our findings connect plateau uplift and basin formation events, revealing how Earth's ...

The Tibetan Plateau, often called the "roof of the world," continues to baffle geologists and others curious about Earth’s ...

Studies indicate that the collision between the Indian and Asian tectonic plates initiated the uplift around 65 million years ago, with significant elevation changes occurring over millions of ...

The cliff is part of a ground uplift that is an estimated 60 meters ... which marks the boundary between a tectonic plate on the side of the Japanese archipelago and the Pacific Plate, which ...