Out of 75 coronae examined, 52 showed signs of these underground forces still at work, hinting that tectonic activity may be ...

Venus may not have Earth-style tectonic plates, but it’s far from geologically quiet. A new model shows its crust is ...

Using fault geometry data, scientists simulated the Noto Peninsula earthquake and explained why uplift varied so drastically ...

A new study eveals how this hidden mountain chain emerged more than 500 million years ago when the supercontinent Gondwana ...

New research suggests that Venus's crust might be significantly thinner than previously thought. Scientists at NASA have ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, ...

Their simulations suggest that these giant sheets of ice may have sped up the motion of tectonic plates and even increased volcanic activity. The study, published in Nature, adds a new twist to th ...

In a development that could reshape our understanding of tectonic movement, scientists have found massive fractures forming inside the Pacific Plate– the biggest tectonic plate on Earth.

Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the planet.

Variations in rock composition within oceanic plates influence their trajectory and subduction speed. These differences, inherited from ancient tectonic processes, play a key role in the dynamics of ...

Another study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, suggests that the highly active volcanic boundaries along the edges of tectonic ocean plates may suddenly break apart in large ...

Africa is slowly drifting apart along the East African Rift System, and researchers suspect this tectonic movement would create a new ocean. The mechanism, fueled by magma and moving plates, ...