Due to the radiative thermal conductivity of the mineral olivine, only oceanic plates over 60 million years old and ...

Scientists have long wondered how Earth’s continents first formed. Now, a team of geologists from the University of Hong Kong ...

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

Li, D. , Tao, Q. and Yang, P. (2025) Characterization of Canyon Wall Slump and Its Impact on Infilling of the Central Canyon in Qiongdongnan Basin. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 13 ...

Geographic (A) and tectonic (B) maps of the Philippine Sea Plate region. Present-day plate boundaries are red (modified from Bird, 2003), relevant former plate boundaries are gray.

Over time, the tectonic plates pushed the Eurasian landmass upwards, resulting in creating the planet's highest elevations. However, this new study hints that the process is not as simple as it ...

In fact, as new methods allow scientists to look ever-deeper into the past, some are now arguing that plate tectonics emerged very soon after Earth's formation — perhaps predating life itself ...

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 ...

Slip along faults is a fundamental process in plate tectonics. Brittle failure localized on faults accommodates the majority of upper crustal deformation in the majority of tectonic settings. In the ...

The significance of Archean TTG crust extends to the present day, as it still constitutes a substantial part of continents. For example, in North America, much of the Canadian Interior is composed of ...

On this basis, the author has successfully applied the plate tectonics theory in the 21st century to interpretation of major geological phenomena on Archean cratons (Fig. 1).

Due to the abundance of nitrogen and carbon dioxide present in Venus’ atmosphere, the team believes that Venus must have had plate tectonics about 4.5 billion to 3.5 billion years ago after the ...