Indian tectonic plate is splitting beneath the Himalayas, revealing a dramatic twist in Earth's tectonic history, scientists ...

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics begin?

Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...

A recent study challenges the long-held belief of the Indian plate smoothly sliding under the Eurasian plate. Seismic data reveals the Indian plate is ...

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...

Instead, it's undergoing a rare process called delamination ... “With a clearer three-dimensional image of how tectonic plates interact, scientists can better comprehend the Earth's surface ...

Seismologist Deborah Kilb was wading through California earthquake records from the past four decades when she noticed ...

Geologists have made a groundbreaking discovery: the Indian Plate is splitting, with a portion peeling away and sinking into the Earth's mantle. This delamination process, previously undetected, could ...

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