The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

Geologists have uncovered the remains of a massive tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean, a plate that had been hidden for ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

Learn more about the pounding plume of molten rock that's beneath Ethiopia, forcing its three tectonic plates to separate.

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

Caused by intense tectonic activity and plate subduction, this region hosts 75% of the world’s active volcanoes and 90% of its earthquakes. Stretching 40,000 km, it spans countries like Japan ...

There, the tectonic plates moved at around 21 millimetres per year before two major earthquakes struck — one of magnitude 8.0 in 1934 and another of 7.8 in 2015.

There may also be other types of plumes that do not reach the surface—called ghost plumes. They are believed to exert an influence on plate tectonics. Until now, no ghost plumes have been observed.

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 ...

The birth of a behemoth The planet’s tectonic plates are in constant motion, reshaping the surface as they pull apart and collide. The Himalaya are the dramatic result of one such tectonic ...

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 ...