Based on a series of models considering how the continents were assembled over time, researchers created an updated map of Earth's tectonic plates.

N ew scientific models mapping the Earth ’s tectonic plates could help to sharpen our collective understanding of natural disasters like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, scientists have said ...

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 ...

‘Each of Earth’s tectonic plates has its own history’ Times Evoke | Updated: Apr 8, 2023, 09:04 IST Maureen Long Maureen Long is Chair of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Yale University.

It starts with the map of the world familiar to everyone. Then India rapidly moves south, followed by parts of Southeast Asia ...

The number varies from a dozen to almost 100 — and most of these don't even appear on official maps.

It's the first time Earth's geologic record — information found inside rocks — has been used to create an animation of this kind.

No fewer than four major tectonic plates (Arabia, Eurasia, India and Africa) and minor smaller tectonic blocks such as the Oman plate are converging and the compression that is taking place is ...

Science News: Earth's tectonic plates are moving faster now than at any point in the last 2 billion years, according to a new study.

First whole-Earth map fills a 500-million year gap in Earth’s history A GAP of 500 million years in our understanding of Earth’s history has been solved. This map gives us unparalleled insight ...