Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence suggests it is the plates that drive the convection. Slab pull ...

The diagram below shows the structure of the earth ... Constructive plate margins close constructive plate marginAn area where two tectonic plates are moving away from one another.

"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

Determining Earth's structure is paramount to unravel its interior dynamics ... comprising the upper portion of the mantle and the crust – is formed of around 15 tectonic plates. Seismic activity can ...

Researchers have continued to study what lies beneath the Earth's crust for a long time. They have made some fascinating discoveries after examining the lower portion of the planet's mantle under ...

Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated in this feature. Keep an eye on the map to see where in the world the activity takes place. Also known as spreading boundary, a divergent ...

The Pangean-era structure "It's being torn apart in real time" keeps the planet on edge. The ocean plate is now being torn ...

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

According to current theories about plate tectonics, there should not be subducted ... To uncover these hidden structures, the scientists employed full waveform inversion, a method that uses ...