Tectonic plates are also not fixed — they move around atop the mantle and are driven by convection currents of molten magma. Although their movement ... accurate maps encompassing a uniform ...

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Visuals that reproduce nearly two billion years of movement are essential to research initiatives that dig into Earth's history, geologic periods, and hidden tectonic plates.

The movement of these tectonic plates leads to earthquakes and volcanoes ... at about the same speed as your fingernails grow, so the map of the world will continue to change, but just very ...