But the tide began to turn in the early 20th Century, with the rise of a radical new theory of continental drift. Proposed in 1912 by Alfred ... theories of plate tectonics, known ...

Now, 50 years after the event, he may finally have an answer: The bottom of the tectonic plate off Portugal's coast seems to be peeling away from its top. This action may be providing the ...

The research supports the argument that Venus’ tectonics are active today, he says. What’s more, the demonstrated ability of computer simulations to predict what spacecraft may observe will be a boon ...

This ancient “mega plate,” which once spanned an astonishing 15 million square miles of Earth’s surface, has been hidden deep beneath the planet’s crust for millions of years.

Researchers at the Marine Station Helgoland, a research facility of the Alfred Wegener Institute, have quantified the frequency and intensity of these heat waves along with their repercussions for ...

Getty The Earth may eventually have a new ocean. Tectonic plate movement under a section of Northern Africa could pull the area that is currently Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea away from the rest ...

they may have existed when the planet was young and before plate tectonics were established. He said that using both gravity data and topography data, scientists were able to get a better idea of ...

The 50-kilometer-wide seamount contains three dormant volcanoes, the floor of which drops more than two kilometers below the ...

For decades, students around the world have memorized the same geography lesson: seven continents, split cleanly by oceans and plate boundaries. But new research out of the University of Derby is ...

It is rare for Virginia to feel the effects of earthquakes because of the East Coast's central location on the North American tectonic plate, according to the Virginia Department of Energy.