That means the forces from plate tectonics seem to account for the height of the mountains, without any additional influences.

Since subduction is one of the main drivers behind today's plate tectonics, they looked for evidence of subduction as a sign of the beginning of ancient plate tectonics.

One of the worst earthquakes in European history ripped through Portugal in 1755, causing a tsunami, fires and shaking that ...

It is common knowledge that the Earth's rigid upper layer called lithosphere is composed of moving plates. But just what mechanism first set plate tectonics into motion still remains a mystery ...

But hold up. Did you know that some tectonic plates are actually moving faster than the currents that drive them? Take the Nazca plate for example (which covers the Pacific Ocean along South America).

A new study suggests that plate tectonics -- a scientific theory that divides the earth into large chunks of crust that move slowly over hot viscous mantle rock -- could have been active from the ...

Did giant impacts start plate tectonics? Plate tectonics may have its origins in impacts, based on new data from Australia.

New data indicating that the planet's surface broke up about 3.2 billion years ago helps clarify how shifting plates drove the evolution of complex life.

A tectonic plate that appears to be “peeling apart” on the seabed off the coast of Portugal may one day “shrink” the Atlantic Ocean, scientists say.

When and how plate tectonics started is a key question among geologists. Some researchers think it started more than 4 billion years ago, and others say it started only about 1 billion years ago.

The finding contradicts previous assumptions about the role of mobile plate tectonics in the development of life on Earth. Moreover, the data suggests that “when we’re looking for exoplanets ...