A study published in the journal Tectonics has provided new insights into the forces that cause tectonic movements in ...

“Our new model for tectonic plates better explains the spatial distribution of 90 per cent of earthquakes and 80 per cent of volcanoes from the past two million years, whereas existing models ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — At the boundaries between tectonic plates, narrow rifts can form as Earth’s crust slowly pulls apart. But how, exactly, does this rifting happen? Does pressure from magma rising from ...

No one is at their best when they are dehydrated and that goes for tectonic plates too. Researchers using a thermomechanical model of the Alaska subduction zone indicates that plate dehydration is ...

This area is one of the most active and visible places on Earth where two tectonic plates meet, so it's incredibly unique to be physically standing in the gap," Coleman told Newsweek.