Researchers at the University of Göttingen discovered that the Neotethys oceanic plate beneath the Arabian and Eurasian ...

The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

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

These crustal collisions occur gradually over millions of years, yet have a profound impact in reshaping the Earth's surface.

A section of the upper mantle and crust under the Sierra Nevada mountains is peeling away, in a process that may mimic how the continents were formed.

Their findings reveal that, deep beneath the Earth’s surface, the Neotethys oceanic plate—once the seafloor between the Arabian and Eurasian continents—is currently breaking off in a horizontal ...

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I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

At 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide, the East African Rift (EAR) system is one of the geologic wonders of the world.

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.