Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

This week, researchers reported on nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations. Geologists report ...

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

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the ...

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

The key role of an ancient oceanic plate The Farallon plate, which disappeared about 200 million years ago, continues to surprisingly influence North American geology. Though nearly completely ...

Far be it from us to suggest there’s a parallel between the continental plate’s behavior and what is happening on top, but ...

It seems the Farallon is getting its revenge ... for example rocks formed 70 million years ago in what is now Kentucky. All this may sound a little frightening, and maybe someone will make ...

The Farallon plate splintered due to the advance of the Pacific plate roughly 20 million years ago, and remnant slabs subducted beneath the North American plate slowly drifted off. One of these ...

The study links the formation of these drips to the Farallon plate — a once-active oceanic plate that subducted beneath North America along its western edge. Around 20 million years ago ...