An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface ...

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Two overlapping oceanic plates are sinking into the mantle underneath central Japan where they dehydrate, releasing water-rich fluids that enhance mantle melting. Geochemical work helps determine the ...

Geoscientists from the University of Toronto have made a breakthrough discovery that adds new dimensions to the theory of plate tectonics. Their research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, ...

Earthquakes and volcanism occur as a result of plate tectonics. The movement of tectonic plates themselves is largely driven by the process known as subduction. The question of how new active ...

LONDON, Sept. 12 (UPI) --New research has revealed the movements of the ocean's tectonic plates during the Cretaceous normal superchron. Until now, the movements of oceanic plates during this period ...

The long-dormant Yellowstone super-volcano in the American West has a different history than previously thought, according to a new study. The long-dormant Yellowstone super-volcano in the American ...