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World’s tectonic plate movement mapped

Geology Page - August 27, 2014

Seafloor topography

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How the Pacific seafloor got its 60-degree bend

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Massive Ancient Tectonic Slab Found Below the Indian Ocean

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Geologists discover how a tectonic plate sank

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“Lost continent” found under Mauritius

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Volcanic arcs form by deep melting of rock mixtures

Geology Page - April 9, 2017

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Mariana Trench “Deepest Part of the Ocean”

Geology Page - March 26, 2015

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What is Plate Tectonic?

Geology Page - October 21, 2017

Dramatic cliffs on the shores of Lake Superior.

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What geologists got wrong about the world’s biggest failed rift

Geology Page - December 9, 2017

Earth's Layers

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New theory on how Earth’s crust was created

Geology Page - May 6, 2017

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

Geology Page - October 22, 2017

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Earth’s tectonic plates are weaker than once thought

Geology Page - October 4, 2017

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Geology and biology agree on Pangaea supercontinent breakup dates

Geology Page - June 7, 2017

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How continents were recycled

Geology Page - August 22, 2017

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

Geology Page - November 29, 2017

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Geologist identifies hidden clues to ancient supercontinents, confirms Pannotia

Geology Page - April 6, 2018

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What is the Wilson cycle?

Geology Page - January 9, 2013

Earth's crust, mantle and outer core interactions.

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New insight into Earth’s crust, mantle and outer core interactions

Geology Page - June 5, 2018

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New ‘Embryonic’ Subduction Zone Found

Geology Page - June 18, 2013

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

Geology Page - September 15, 2017

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When tectonics killed everything

Geology Page - November 25, 2013

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Tectonic plates ‘weaker than previously thought,’ say scientists

Geology Page - September 15, 2017

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‘Super-deep’ diamonds may hold new information about Earth’s interior

Geology Page - March 2, 2017

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Geologists discover how Australia’s highest mountain was created

Geology Page - March 16, 2016

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

Geology Page - February 20, 2018

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Source of Galapagos Eruptions Not Where Models Place It

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