An ocean may in time develop from a rift in the Afar Triangle, in the Horn of Africa which will be close to America.

Like straight out of Julio Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, scientists from Northwestern University and the ...

With the help of complex computer models, it is possible to investigate the processes in the Earth's interior and understand their properties. The questions we are investigating in Münster are as ...

Earth is also the only planet in our solar system known to have plate tectonics, or pieces of the crust that move around and smash into each other. Increasingly, scientists believe that plate ...

Earthquakes occur when the rock on one side of a fault slips relative to the other. The fault surface can be vertical, ...

In order for these rocks to come in contact with water and serpentinize, they must be tectonically exhumed, i.e. being brought near the Earth's surface. There are two main plate tectonic ...

Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, potentially affecting plate tectonics and creating conditions for life.

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 ...