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

New findings provide a greater understanding of plate subduction, or how tectonic plates slide beneath one another. This recycling of surface materials and volatile elements deep into the Earth's ...

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

The findings, published in the journal Nature, provide a greater understanding of plate subduction ... "It's wild to think that in some ways tectonic plates have a 'memory' and that affects ...

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants of submerged plates will be found near subduction zones. However, a new high-resolution model shows that these remnants ...

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

The plate belonged to a region where two major tectonic realms—the Tethyan and Panthalassa—once interacted, creating a ...

Electrical resistivity data reveal that subduction-zone fluids exert an important influence on deformation in the region. Where the Earth's tectonic plates meet, they interact in complex ...

Slab pull occurs where older, denser tectonic plates sink into the mantle at subduction zones. As these older sections of plates sink, newer and less dense sections of plate are pulled along behind.