Ahead of Valentine's Day, prepare to be dazzled by the lunar heart, created by the interplay of light and shadow on our Moon.

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 ...

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 ...

Geology. The presence of oceans, continents and plate tectonics on Earth is most likely the reason there is no evidence for advanced extraterrestrial civilizations, according to new research by ...

Mexico lies on five tectonic plates that make it one of the world's most earthquake-vulnerable countries, particularly on the Pacific coast. In 1985 an 8.1 magnitude quake centered on the Pacific ...

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 ...

My research centers on the tectonic development of northeastern China during the ... The India-Asia collision has also triggered the uplift of numerous mountain ranges in Asia that are distant from ...

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 ...

When the tectonic plate sinks ... The swarm was also accompanied by a 1-meter uplift of a mountain and a phenomenon called “water eruptions,” or water gushing out of the ground.