Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

At the western edge of the Mediterranean basin, a narrow land bridge once sealed off the Atlantic. We now call it the Gibraltar strait but 5.33 million years ago, it used to be a land bridge ...

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

A fascinating new study reveals that a massive chunk of Earth’s crust, buried deep beneath the Midwest, is slowly pulling ...

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

Explore how North America is changing as its deep cratonic root thins and pieces are dripping into the Earth's mantle.

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

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

The move is expected to significantly reduce seismic processing times and enhance subsurface imaging, helping the energy giant optimize resource recovery. XOM Integrates 4D Seismic With Discovery ...

Farallon slab linked to crust loss under Midwest, says seismic study Crust thinning traced to deep Farallon slab 660km below surface New seismic method shows Earth’s crust pulled like a funnel ...

SMU research reveals glaciers erode mountains faster than previously thought, with implications for climate change models and ...