Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

Far beneath the ocean's surface, where mountain belts rise and ancient oceanic crust lies hidden, a long-lost tectonic plate ...

But the whole planet probably transitioned to the plate tectonic system later, between 3.2 billion and 2.7 billion years ago. There's far more evidence of rocks getting recycled and pushed around ...

For decades, scientists have accepted a particular theory regarding the evolution Earth’s plate tectonics, but a recent study published in Nature Geoscience could defy this as a team of researchers ...

Hawaiian volcano eruption is explosive evidence of plate tectonic theory Bob McDonald's blog: Hawaii's volcanic eruptions are gradually shifting southeast as the Earth's Pacific plate moves over a ...

W. Jason Morgan, who in 1967 developed the theory of plate tectonics -- a framework that revolutionized the study of earthquakes, volcanoes and the slow, steady shift of the continents across the ...

The rocks in the Pilbara Craton are estimated to be 3.25 billion years old. They showed that the Earth’s crust back then was moving at about 6.1 centimeters (2.4 inches) per year.

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

W. Jason Morgan, scientist at forefront of plate tectonics theory, dies at 87. He received the National Medal of Science for his foundational work on plate tectonics and the presence of volcanic ...

W. Jason Morgan, who in 1967 developed the theory of plate tectonics — a framework that revolutionized the study of earthquakes, volcanoes and the slow, steady shift of the continents across the ...