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

The same study also found that Earth's crust plates "get weak and bendy, like a slinky snake toy, but they don't disintegrate completely," when they slide past each other, said LiveScience.

Plates are extremely heavy so gravity acts upon them, pulling them apart. Alternatively, as shown in the diagram, convection currents under the Earth’s crust transfer heat, which rises through ...

Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic field.

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

Earth's crust, or the outermost shell of the planet ... which "contain old 'roots' … from which tectonic plates extend," said Popular Mechanics. These cratons have had long-term stability ...

Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...

An earthquake is extremely destructive if it occurs shallow in the Earth's crust and near population centres - Friday's earthquake in Myanmar did both.

Two hard-hit cities in Myanmar suffered extensive damage, with images from the capital, Naypyidaw, showing rescue crews ...

Tectonics is the study of the structural geology of the Earth and other planetary bodies, and the local and regional processes that created that rock geometry. This includes the movements of the ...