Geologists have uncovered the remains of a massive tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean, a plate that had been hidden for ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

These newly found fault lines suggest that the Pacific Plate is under far more stress than scientists had imagined. And that could mean a lot for how we predict seismic activity in the future.

Surprisingly, geologists don't have a good answer for when plate tectonics emerged, and estimates range from 700 million years ago to before 4 billion years ago, when Earth was still in its infancy.

Whereas Earth has plate tectonics, some other bodies — such as Mars, Mercury and Earth's moon — have what is called a stagnant lid.

Mysterious blobs inside Earth triggered plate tectonics, study suggests Modelling suggests the giant impact that formed the moon also left behind material deep inside Earth that may have helped ...

Some geologists think it took a while for plate tectonics to emerge, no earlier than 2.8 billion years ago. Others argue it began much earlier (SN: 4/22/20).

Sport Biryani on plate and boundary length on mind for Pakistan's Babar FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Third Test - Pakistan v England - National Stadium - Karachi, Pakistan - December 16, 2022.

W. Jason Morgan, scientist at forefront of plate tectonics theory, dies at 87 He received the National Medal of Science for his foundational work on plate tectonics and the presence of volcanic ...

W. Jason Morgan, who in 1967 developed the theory of plate tectonics — a framework that revolutionized the study of earthquakes, volcanoes and the slow, steady shift of the continents across the ...