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A close-up image of bladed barite crystals in the Mapepe Formation in the Barberton Greenstone Belt of South Africa. Credit: Desiree Roerdink

New research uncovers continental crust emerged 500 million years earlier than thought

Geology Page - May 7, 2021

$Piecing together the Alaska coastline’s fractured volcanic activity$

Piecing together the Alaska coastline’s fractured volcanic activity

Final model for the East African Rift System. Hashed lines indicate newly discovered broad deforming zone. Arrows represent predicted tectonic plate motions. ABFZ—Andrew Bain Fracture Zone; IFZ—Indomed Fracture Zone; RSZ—Ranotsara shear zone. Figure created by D.S. Stamps.

East African Rift System is slowly breaking away, with Madagascar splitting into pieces

Central Alps of Switzerland

Formation of the Alps: Detaching and uplifting, not bulldozing

Proposed model for deep-carbon transport along a cratonic boundary in the EARS study region.

Scientists decipher the role of carbon and the break-up of continents

Nuvvuagittuq, Canada

Earth could have supported continental crust, life earlier than thought

Geology Page - June 7, 2018

Cifelliodon wahkarmoosuch

Utah fossil reveals global exodus of mammals’ near relatives to major...

Geology Page - May 27, 2018

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Formation of supercontinents and strength of ocean tides

Geology Page - April 11, 2018

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.

Continental interiors may not be as tectonically stable as geologists think

Geology Page - February 20, 2018

The East African Rift System

When continents break it gets warm on Earth

Geology Page - November 14, 2017

Ancient Earth’s hot interior created ‘graveyard’ of continental slabs

Geology Page - August 22, 2017

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How continents were recycled

Geology Page - August 22, 2017

Scientists set sail to unlock secrets of ‘lost continent’ Zealandia

Geology Page - July 29, 2017

Link identified between continental breakup, volcanic carbon emissions and evolution

Geology Page - July 21, 2017

Geology and biology agree on Pangaea supercontinent breakup dates

Geology Page - June 7, 2017

As continents continue moving, study suggests effects on biodiversity

Geology Page - May 18, 2017

Continental crust thanks to the right mixture

Geology Page - May 11, 2017

A new interpretation of petrogenesis of Earth’s early continental crust

Geology Page - May 1, 2017

“Lost continent” found under Mauritius

Geology Page - January 31, 2017

Geologists publish new details about evolution of East African Rift Valley

Geology Page - December 21, 2016

Why are there volcanoes on an island that isn’t near any...

Geology Page - November 29, 2016

Australian continent shifts with the seasons, study finds

Geology Page - November 11, 2016

Earthquake series cause uplift variations at continental margins

Geology Page - October 17, 2016

Case of Earth’s missing continental crust solved: It sank

Geology Page - October 5, 2016

Revealing Earth’s early secrets

Geology Page - September 20, 2016

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