Plate tectonic processes in the Pacific and Atlantic during the Cretaceous period have shaped the Caribbean region to this day Date: April 19, 2023 Source: Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz ...

The Caribbean region can be seen as a kind of natural laboratory in which, over millions of years, plate tectonics resulted in the transfer of a subduction zone from the Pacific to the Atlantic ...

A sea's worth of water became locked inside volcanic rocks that formed 120 million to 125 million years ago during the early Cretaceous, when a lava plume the size of the U.S. burst through Earth ...

According to National Center for Seismology, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km and may be followed by aftershocks.

Tibet experienced two back-to-back earthquakes on Wednesday, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The ...

By comparing climatic records and tectonic events of the Tibetan Plateau, it is demonstrated that the illite and chlorite in Asian clay mineral records increased during 20–3 Ma in response to ...