Cratons are the most ancient, stable pieces of tectonic plates, but even these geological formations can change over time.A ...

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

Just when things couldn't get any crazier in the US, scientists have discovered that the underside of the Earth's crust is ...

The plates make up Earth's outer shell, called the lithosphere. (This includes the crust and uppermost part of the mantle.) Churning currents in the molten rocks below propel them along like a ...

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the ...

and lithosphere) on Earth. Along with energy flows, biogeochemical cycles establish the relations among ecosystem compartments at local, regional and global scales. In these systems of inputs ...

Research on the interactions between Earth's lithosphere, atmosphere, and ionosphere has uncovered new insights into how geospheres respond to major earthquakes and other natural disasters ...

Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, ...

Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate.

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...