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

Cratonic thinning, a phenomenon geologists think happened hundreds of millions of years ago, appears to be taking place far ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in blobs of rock.

Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the ...

Scientists have warned that the crust of the Earth beneath the US is 'dripping' away, which sounds quite concerning but is ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we associate with modern continents. This means the telltale fingerprints of ...

Earth’s interior can be divided into several layers: the crust, the mantle, the liquid outer core, and the solid inner core ...

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

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of Earth's formation and potentially calls ...

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