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

Plate tectonics is relatively new, put forth in the last 30 years or so — its forerunner was the now-discarded continental drift theory. The theory states that Earth's outer shell is made up of ...

The oldest unambiguous evidence of modern plate tectonics dates to the Neoproterozoic (1 billion to 541 million years ago), ...

The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence suggests ... the theory of plate tectonics.

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

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

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 continents – and may have even helped create life. In ...

Tom Heap considers the evidence that the UK climate might be changing - with more droughts, higher summer temperatures, but wetter winters. Plate tectonics in the UK - Anglesey. videoPlate ...

It convinced many that plate tectonics was the best theory to unify nearly all the previously accumulated, but disjoint geological data.

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