Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Research results showed Earth’s earliest crust – known as the protocrust – that formed during the Hadean eon, would have a chemical composition identical to that of the modern average ...

Researchers have identified a section of ancient oceanic crust beneath the Midwest that is pulling present-day North American crust into the mantle.

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, ...

Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see ...

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

NASA's SWOT satellite has revealed unseen ocean depths, mapping seafloor features that shape life, currents and tectonics.

No South African sides have made the knockout stages of the European Champions Cup. Paul Williams looks at the reasons for the ...