But don't worry, the continent isn't about to collapse. These are incredibly slow geological processes, happening over ...

The oldest parts of Earth's continents are called cratons, and underneath, they are rooted to the mantle... | Earth And The ...

Six of the majors are named for the continents embedded within them, such as the North American ... of the United States. The plates make up Earth's outer shell, called the lithosphere.

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

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

Between 72 million and 56 million years ago, an oceanic plate called the Wrangellia Composite Terrane bumped into the western ...

In a surprising new discovery, scientists have found that the underside of the North American continent is slowly “dripping” ...