A reappraisal of decades-old data suggests that strange circular formations on Venus could be volcanic “rings of fire” ...

Analyzing lava flows that solidified and then broke apart over a massive crack in Earth's crust in Turkey has brought new ...

Tibetan uplift was mainly caused by post-collisional mantle dynamics, not ongoing India-Asia convergence. The study ...

A rare geological process is tearing the Indian Plate apart deep beneath the surface, scientists have discovered. In a study published by the American Geophysical Union, researchers revealed the plate ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Earthquakes and I go back ... covered by giant slabs of rock called tectonic plates. OK, you might remember that from a geology class.

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, slated for launch in May 2025, is a shining example of how India and the United States are joining ...

Stout Research Center at Anza Borrego Desert State Park is believed to house fragments of the longest continuous record of ...

As tectonic upheaval pushed the Indian plate northward and lifted the mountains ... “That was the missing piece of the puzzle.” ...

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And you can joint the hunt for more puzzle pieces in the timeline if ... the eroding desert sits atop major earthquake faults, and as the tectonic plates "unzip," says Murray, the looser silt ...