A study led by Prof. Yong-Fei Zheng at University of Science and Technology of China focused on the development of tectonic processes along convergent plate margins through inspection of recent ...

The emergence of plate tectonics in the late 1960s led to a paradigm shift from fixism to mobilism of global tectonics, providing a unifying context for the previously disparate disciplines of Earth ...

Earthquakes and volcanism occur as a result of plate tectonics. The movement of tectonic plates themselves is largely driven by the process known as subduction. The question of how new active ...

Scientists warn that the plate beneath Gibraltar arc will begin to shift toward the Atlantic within 20 million years.

Tunisia’s lithospheric framework is emblematic of the region’s complex geodynamic evolution, resulting from an interplay of inherited Mesozoic rifting, subsequent Cenozoic inversion and salt tectonics ...

Geodynamics, Tectonics, Numerical modeling, High performance computing, 3D virtual reality for scientific applications My research focuses on plate tectonics and the dynamics of subduction. This is ...

Thorsten Becker, a professor at The University of Texas at Austin's Jackson School of Geosciences, is the author of a new textbook, "Tectonic Geodynamics." The book is co-authored with Claudio ...

Earth’s crust looks solid from the surface, but it is broken into a shifting mosaic of slabs that slowly rearrange oceans and continents. Understanding how those tectonic plates first formed is one of ...

Researchers have examined tiny time capsules found in the oldest-known crystals in an attempt to settle a question that divides scientists: when did Earth’s tectonic plates begin to move? Plate ...

RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Have you ever wondered how the Earth moves and forms? Well today, the Galena Creek Visitor Center may be the place to get answers! From 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. this Saturday ...

It’s right there in the name: “plate tectonics.” Geology’s organizing theory hinges on plates—thin, interlocking pieces of Earth’s rocky skin. Plates’ movements explain earthquakes, volcanoes, ...