Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian tectonic plate collided with the Arabian plate millions of years ago.

Salameh, E. and Yaseen, M. (2025) Structural Elements and Seismic Activity in Jordan and Its Levant Surroundings. Journal of ...

In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

Greenland is present on the North American tectonic plate, as per experts. For tens of millions of years, this plate has ...

It is often said that humanity has explored outer space more extensively than the depths of the oceans—but a team funded by ...

The continent called Greater Adria resurfaces in the scientific community, bringing with it a new way of understanding the Earth's movements. It was nearly 240 million years ago: Greater Adria had ...

The socio-political differences between India’s north and south may have reduced with decades of assimilation but Hindu ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates as they plunge deep into ...

The world's highest mountain range - the Himalayas - is a testament to the power of plate tectonics. Forced upwards by the gradual northward push of the Indian plate into the Eurasian plate.

On the Global Seismic Risk Map, Myanmar lies in the red zone with a moderate ... When the stress becomes too great, cracks form, known as faults. Movement of the tectonic plates leads to activity at ...

The state’s 27 collared wolves covered ground across the northwest part of the state, stretching from the northern border near Walden to the hills west of Grand Junction, a map released ...

By analyzing the travel times and paths of seismic waves, scientists can map ... tectonic history. If hotspots are mobile, they cannot serve as fixed reference points for tracking plate movements.