The present solid Earth is actually active, with new plates generating in the mid-ocean ridges and some old plates sinking back into the interior through subduction zones. Subduction is thus a key ...

The plate tectonic theory has been primarily developed in three stages. (1) From continental drift and seafloor spreading to oceanic subduction, laying a physical foundation of the plate tectonic ...

An unprecedented observation of a major geological process is currently taking place off the North American coast. For the first time, a scientific team has documented the progressive fragmentation of ...

Last week, about 60 miles off the coast near Ferndale, California, the tectonic plates shifted under the Pacific Ocean, sending seismic waves through the ocean floor that radiated onto land and were ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The area of the Pacific Northwest I live in ...

This study is led by Prof. Zhong-Hai Li (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences). The present solid Earth is actually active, with new plates generating in the mid-ocean ridges and some old plates ...