Scientists have discovered an ancient "ghost" plume lurking beneath Oman. The magma plume is trapped beneath a thick portion of Earth's crust and the upper part of the mantle, the planet's middle ...

This theory suggests that a portion of the Indian Plate is "delaminating" as it slides beneath the Eurasian Plate. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) Deep beneath the mountains of the Himalayas, something ...

Scientists say parts of Spain may be quietly absorbing underground tectonic pressure, helping explain scattered tremors across the region.

Mount Everest increases in height by about 4 millimeters each year due to tectonic plates constantly moving. The height is changing because the Indian tectonic plate is pushing below the Eurasian ...

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Iceland. This area is the boundary between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, which move apart ~ 2.5 cm/year over millennia. When plate tectonics first emerged ...

Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian tectonic plate collided with the Arabian plate millions of years ago. When ...