The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate.

Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, ...

Explore how North America is changing as its deep cratonic root thins and pieces are dripping into the Earth's mantle.

The Tibetan Plateau is known for its seismic activity due to tectonic plate collisions. Also Read: Earthquake in Delhi: Residents panic amid strong tremors, say ‘Felt as if some bridge collapsed ...

Tectonic plates map. Earthquakes are common along the red lines that are the plate boundaries. Picture: Geoscience Australia “The rocks underpinning Townsville are kind of Carboniferous Permian ...

The West Kunlun orogenic belt located in the northwestern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is an important record of the formation and northward extension of the plateau, but the current research ...