Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

Based on a series of models considering how the continents were assembled over time, a team of researchers at the University of Adelaide created an updated map of Earth's tectonic plates.

"Our work allows us to update maps of tectonic plates and the formation of continents that are found in classroom textbooks. These plate models which have been assembled from topographic models ...

Plate tectonics also exposes rocks that react with ... Earth's history is a leap forward in the scientific grand challenge to map our world. But it is just that — a first attempt.

Without her, the maps may never have come to be ... For more on the story of plate tectonics, visit Century of Science: Shaking up Earth. Looking for more excitement, she moved to New York ...

It's based on the familiar global tectonic map that is taught starting in elementary ... may affect our geologic future,' says Heron. 'Plate tectonics is really the cornerstone of all geoscience ...

It appears that the lithosphere, which is the rocks on the outside of the world, has a pretty significant role to play in why the tectonic plates are moving the way they are.” This is the insight from ...

In all, 203,186 earthquakes are marked on the map, which is current through 2003. And it reveals the story of plate tectonics itself. To be sure, the brightest and densest regions of the map ...

The map highlights in yellow the zones of the Pacific Plate that are being pulled apart by the sinking tectonic plate along the Pacific Ring of Fire.

Tectonic plates – the huge, constantly moving slabs of rock that make up the outermost layer of the Earth, the crust – are central to all these studies. Along with our colleagues, we have published ...