Great things can come from failure when it comes to geology. The Midcontinent rift formed about 1.1 billion years ago and ...

All around the world, from the Red Sea to the deep ocean ridges of the Atlantic, lurk more than a dozen geological misfits.

It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.

A new seismic study reveals that Earth’s largest volcanic event fundamentally transformed the oceanic plate beneath the ...

The oldest crystals formed on Earth contain signs that continents existed during the Hadean Eon and were being subducted into the mantle more than 4 billion years ago. If true, this would not only ...

“You can see a bit at the surface, but you have to figure out what is the configuration underneath,” what the configuration of the faults of Northern California is like, is what causes the most ...

For over a decade, built environment policy has prioritised new build over regenerating places. As Building launches its new ...

国际海洋发现计划第405次考察所获取的钻芯样本和地球物理测井数据表明，巨型逆冲断层优先发育在输入太平洋板块沉积层中远洋黏土的顶部或底部，这些区域的物理性质存在显著差异。