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

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

Tectonic plates are massive slabs of Earth's lithosphere that float atop the semi-fluid mantle, constantly shifting and ...

This study presents a new 1.8-billion-year full-plate tectonic model, integrating geological and paleomagnetic data to ...

They can move apart (divergence), come together (convergence), or slide past each other (transformation). These interactions create subduction zones, where one plate plunges beneath another, and ...

Researchers used zircons and AI to reconstruct Earth's ancient crust, revealing possible tectonic processes from the planet's ...

When tectonic plates collide, one often plunges deep below the other in what’s known as a subduction zone. As the descending landmass sinks deep into the Earth, temperatures and pressures climb ...