An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the ...

An ancient oceanic plate under modern-day Iraq is breaking off horizontally, researchers have shown in a new study. This huge ...

These oceanic plates are consumed back into the mantle ... about 4.6 billion years. Continental crust is generally higher in silica, which makes it less dense. This low density makes continents ...

Continental plates are usually quite thick (between 35 to 70 km) compared to the much thinner oceanic plates (between 5 and 10 km). The oceanic rocks are usually made from basalt, while ...

The boundary where the two plates meet is called a convergent boundary. Deep trenches appear at these boundaries, caused by the oceanic plate bending downward into the Earth. Deep below the Earth ...

This zone marks the interface where the denser Pacific oceanic plate subducts beneath the less dense continental North American plate. As the subducted plate descends, the heat from the earth's ...

Decoding the Indian Plate’s Hidden Movements Unlike dense oceanic plates, continental plates like the Indian Plate resist subduction into Earth's mantle. Scientists have long debated its ...

An international research team has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface of the Earth has bent over the last ...