Volcanoes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and volcanoes and featuring case studies from ...

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

Scotese studies how plate tectonics and a warming climate will change Earth's appearance in the future, and he has made multiple animated maps based from his research. For more animations from ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs about how our continents formed and when plate tectonics began.

It follows that this signature cannot be used to determine when plate tectonics began, explaining why previous studies could not reach any consensus. Although major meteorite impacts would have ...

Tectonics is the study of the structural geology of the Earth ... This includes the movements of the Earth’s tectonic plates that result in the creation, destruction and rearrangement of the ...

The idea, fleshed out with computer modeling in a new study in ... rise of modern plate tectonics. “The giant impact is not only the reason for our moon, if that’s the case, it also set ...

Tectonic Basins chart and activity Here is a diagram to help you understand how the tectonic basins are related to plate boundaries: When a diverging boundary begins to open, it creates a narrow ...

may be responsible for modern plate tectonics. In their study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, the ...