Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the planet's magma creates ...

The Earth is made of different layers: the core, mantle and crust. Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the Earth is split into plates (pieces of the Earth’s crust). The movement of ...

Join Isla and Connor as they explore features of tectonic movement along the ... called Pangaea. The Earth's hard outer layer (where we live) is called the crust. It is made up of large slabs ...

Recent research has uncovered evidence suggesting that Earth’s crust may be peeling away ... geologists have mapped the movement of these deep layers. Their findings reveal a vast shear zone ...

Solar-driven temperature shifts alter rock properties and underground water movement, potentially making the Earth’s crust more prone to fractures. In regions where tectonic stress is already high, ...

Renas Koshnaw, lead author of the study in Solid Earth (2024), noted that sediment ... As stress redistributes within the crust, regions like northwest Iran, Iraq, and southeast Turkey may ...

Little is known about the nature and evolution of Earth's continental ... the transition from an immobile crust and mantle to a period of more volatile plate movement. The new study, which ...

A local geologist says the tectonic plate movement that caused last week's earthquake in Myanmar was also behind the 2004 ...

A massive earthquake recently struck Myanmar and Thailand, leading to the collapse of multi-story buildings and causing widespread destruction. The tremors shook the foundations of old bridges, caused ...