Now, 50 years after the event, he may finally have an answer: The bottom of the tectonic plate off Portugal's coast seems to be peeling away from its top. This action may be providing the ...

Plate tectonics involves the movements of 15 major and 40 minor lithospheric plates. Note that the Indo-Australian Plate is currently separating into two, which explains why the Indian and ...

A reappraisal of decades-old data suggests that strange circular formations on Venus could be volcanic “rings of fire” ...

The research supports the argument that Venus’ tectonics are active today, he says. What’s more, the demonstrated ability of computer simulations to predict what spacecraft may observe will be a boon ...

A new study led by University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and University of Colorado Boulder ...

This discovery is surprising, for Venus doesn't have tectonic plates like Earth. But latest research based on data collected 30 years ago suggests that Venus' surface is still actively changing ...

Scientists have uncovered one of the most exciting geological discoveries of the decade – the long-lost Pontus tectonic plate. This ancient “mega plate,” which once spanned an astonishing 15 ...

forming folds and faults in a process known as plate tectonics. For example, when two plates collide, the lighter plate slides on top of the denser one, forcing it downward into the layer beneath ...

Getty The Earth may eventually have a new ocean. Tectonic plate movement under a section of Northern Africa could pull the area that is currently Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea away from the rest ...

Terrifying footage has emerged from March's Myanmar earthquake showing the ground literally sliding either side of two tectonic plates. The astonishing video clip, originally uploaded to ...

This includes the movements of the Earth’s tectonic plates that result in the creation, destruction and rearrangement of the Earth’s crust and lithosphere. Subducted slabs may experience ...