While it is controversial to suggest that the GIFR contains a large amount of continental crust within it, and that the European and North American tectonic plates have perhaps not yet officially ...

Cratons are the most ancient, stable pieces of tectonic plates, but even these geological formations can change over time. A new study details how the North American plate is “dripping” into ...

An illustration of the thinning of the North American craton as a result of the influence of the subducting Farallon Plate. An illustration of the thinning of the North American craton as a result ...