Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian tectonic plate collided with the Arabian plate millions of years ago.

Seismologist Deborah Kilb was wading through California earthquake records from the past four decades when she noticed something odd — a series of deep earthquakes that had occurred ...

Scientists have discovered that a portion of the North American craton is slowly dripping into Earth's mantle, challenging ...

A 400-mile funnel under the U.S. Midwest is dragging Earth's crust into the mantle—revealing ancient tectonic forces still ...

Experts from Japan predict the sun will destroy all life on Earth no later than the year 1,000,002,021 as supercomputers set ...

The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says, and in the process ...

The deep roots of Earth's oldest continents have long been thought to be unshakable. But a new seismic discovery suggests that even these stable landmasses can change. Beneath the center of North ...

New research has revealed what could have led to the splitting of two major continents, as evidence from the event can still ...

A fascinating new study reveals that a massive chunk of Earth’s crust, buried deep beneath the Midwest, is slowly pulling ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

The oldest parts of Earth's continents are called cratons, and underneath, they are rooted to the mantle... | Earth And The ...