The paper " New maps of global geological provinces and tectonic plates" is published in the journal Earth-Science Reviews (2022). Materials provided by the University of Adelaide.

Arabian Plate, gray tectonic map. Minor tectonic plate, consisting mostly of Arabian Peninsula. Together with the African and Indian plates it is moving northward, colliding with the Eurasian plate.

Scientists have identified a long-lost tectonic plate in the west Pacific Ocean. Called Pontus, the 'mega-plate' was once 15 million square miles, about a quarter the size of the Pacific Ocean today.

N ew scientific models mapping the Earth ’s tectonic plates could help to sharpen our collective understanding of natural disasters like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, scientists have said ...

Earth’s surface is constantly shifting, shaped by the slow but powerful movement of tectonic plates. While some plates have persisted for hundreds of millions of years, others have vanished ...

Plate tectonic cross-roads: Reconstructing the Panthalassa-Neotethys Junction Region from Philippine Sea Plate and Australasian oceans and orogens. Gondwana Research, 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2023. ...

Understanding tectonic plate movements is crucial for geological and seismological research. This study employs GPS stress vector analysis to map and interpret the tectonic plate movements. By ...