The youngest mountain ranges in the world, the Himalayas have risen up as a result of the collision of the Eurasian plate, with Tibet at its southern edge, and the Indian continental plate and over ...
Recurring earthquakes around the eastern part of Ethiopia have sparked concern among the public as experts and authorities called for calm and vigilan ...
University of Michigan researchers may have found a new geological mechanism for creating gold deposits on Earth. This new theory combines numerical modeling with field observations and could be used ...
“We see this in the rapid mountain glacial retreats in Alaska, the Himalayas and the Alps. In many of these regions, there are also active tectonics, and this work demonstrates that as climate change ...
The two fossils came from the same location in Utah: the Green River Formation. Tectonically active 47 million years ago, a massive inlake system captured an assortment of fish, reptiles ...
Hydrothermal vents, largely found near tectonic plates, are underwater springs where cold water (about 2 degrees Celsius) prevailing near the seabed comes in close contact with magma (molten rock ...