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Cratonic lithosphere with a high-density root undergoes delamination when perturbed by mantle plumes from beneath. The removed cratonic root then thermally grows back, with its rock fabrics preserving recent mantle deformation.
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Continental interiors may not be as tectonically stable as geologists think

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This schematic illustration of the 2014 Iquique earthquake off the coast of Chile (magnitude 8.1) shows the locations of foreshocks (blue) and aftershocks (red) relative to the area of large slip on the fault (contour lines).
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Analysis of major earthquakes supports stress reduction assumptions

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The oceanic slow carbon cycle.
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How seafloor weathering drives the slow carbon cycle

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This is seismic reflection data.
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Tiny fossils, huge slides: Are diatoms the key to Earth’s biggest...

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The Nazca plate moves eastwards with a rate of 6.6 cm per year.
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Residual strain despite mega earthquake

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Dramatic cliffs on the shores of Lake Superior.
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What geologists got wrong about the world’s biggest failed rift

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Earthquakes in the Himalaya are bigger than in the Alps because...

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Time slices of the computational geodynamic model showing dripping continental root and eventual surface uplift over a 4.5 million year period across Turkey's Central Anatolian Plateau
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Geophysicists uncover new evidence for an alternative style of plate tectonics

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The hydrothermal circulation changes the ocean crust and increases the Chlorine (CL) concentration of the rocks by incorporation of sea water
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Water cooling for the Earth’s crust

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Bioclastic limestone and cross-bedded conglomerate are visible in exposed rocks at Marl Wash in the Bouse Formation, south of Blythe, California
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Colorado River’s connection with the ocean was a punctuated affair

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An illustration from the paper showing oxygen and hydrogen cycling in the deep Earth
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When water met iron deep inside the Earth, did it create...

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The East African Rift System
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When continents break it gets warm on Earth

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Seafloor topography
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How the Pacific seafloor got its 60-degree bend

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Lithospheric-scale processes involved in the precursor stage of formation of the Deseado Massif auriferous province.
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Plume-subduction interaction forms large auriferous provinces

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What is Plate Tectonic?

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Earth’s tectonic plates are weaker than once thought

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Large meteorite impacts drove plate-tectonic processes on the early Earth

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Measuring the strength of olivine, the most abundant mineral in the...

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Tectonic plates ‘weaker than previously thought,’ say scientists

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Data mining finds more than expected beneath Andean Plateau

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