Tectonic Plates
Scientists Propose a New Continental Formation Theory
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A new study by Penn State researchers suggests that cratons, ancient structures stabilizing Earth’s continents, formed around 3 billion years ago through ...
When Oceans Close – New Study Suggests the Atlantic Will “Soon” Enter Its Declining Phase
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A study predicts the extension of the Gibraltar Strait subduction zone into the Atlantic, potentially creating an Atlantic ring of fire in ...
The Earth’s tectonic plates made the Himalayas — and could rip them apart
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In the heart of Asia, deep underground, two huge tectonic plates are crashing into each other — a violent but slow-motion bout ...
Volcanic eruption lights up the night in Iceland after weeks of earthquake warnings − a geologist explains what’s happening
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Lava erupted through a fissure in Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula on Dec. 18, 2023, shooting almost 100 feet (30 meters) in the air ...
Volcanic Iceland is rumbling again as magma rises − a geologist explains eruptions in the land of fire and ice
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Thousands of earthquakes in recent weeks have shaken the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavík, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southwest of the ...
450-Million-Year-Old Diamonds Reveal Secrets of the Evolution of Earth
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Ancient superdeep diamonds from Brazil and Western Africa, formed between 650 and 450 million years ago beneath the supercontinent Gondwana, have offered ...
