The continent’s landscape is evolving as large tectonic plates shift. Eventually, the Eastern countries will separate from ...

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

At 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide, the East African Rift (EAR) system is one of the geologic wonders of the world.

The presence of deep earthquakes in the central Sierra is explained by the ability of cold continental ... composition. This process plays a crucial role in the formation and evolution of continents.

This mechanism transported elements and isotopes from the continental crust into the mantle beneath ... the Live Science reported. "The composition of mantle domains reflects not only surface ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

Geochemical analysis reveals that the composition of the core sediments is close to that of the western margin of the SCS and is similar to that of the upper continental crust (UCC) and is inherited ...

New study questions whether the continents, North America and Europe, ever completely split apart tens of millions of years ...

This course deals with the composition and evolution of the crust, lithospheric mantle and asthenosphere ... in our understanding of the evolution and present state of the continental as well as ...