Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics ...

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

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New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an ...

Creating new unitary councils could disrupt some of the biggest social care systems in the country, writes an independent ...

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's northeastern Yilan County, causing tremors in the capital, Taipei. The deep quake, at ...

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Yilan County, Taiwan, without causing any reported damage. The island, situated near tectonic ...

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