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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

Geology Page - February 20, 2018

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Fragment of continental crust found under south east Iceland

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Tectonic plates not rigid, deform horizontally in cooling process

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Chinese continental shelf of exotic origin collided with continental China 100 million years ago

Paleogeographic scenario for the Jiachala Formation. a) Jiachala Formation, b)&c) other trench deposits to the west.

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Upper Cretaceous trench deposits of the Neo-Tethyan subduction zone

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Impact origin of archean cratons: Learning from Venus

Geology Page - August 29, 2015

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Researchers build model that may explain how plate tectonics got its...

Geology Page - April 8, 2014

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Scientists reconstruct what the Gibraltar Arc was like 9 million years...

Geology Page - January 27, 2017

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Coal formation linked to assembly of supercontinent Pangea

Geology Page - January 21, 2016

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Geologists publish new details about evolution of East African Rift Valley

Geology Page - December 21, 2016

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Earth probably began with a solid shell

Geology Page - February 27, 2017

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Crystal movement under Mount St. Helens may have indicated 1980 eruption...

Geology Page - June 30, 2016

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What is the Wilson cycle?

Geology Page - January 9, 2013

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

Geology Page - July 29, 2017

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Plate Tectonics Cannot Explain Dynamics of Earth and Crust Formation More...

Geology Page - June 4, 2012

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Getting to the bottom of tectonic plates

Geology Page - February 6, 2015

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

Geology Page - August 22, 2017

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Caribbean Plate

Geology Page - January 31, 2013

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

Geology Page - December 5, 2017

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Data mining finds more than expected beneath Andean Plateau

Geology Page - August 23, 2017

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Supercomputing helps researchers understand Earth’s interior

Geology Page - May 23, 2017

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Mantle plumes crack continents

Geology Page - September 5, 2014

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Earthquakes and Tectonics in Pamir Tien Shan

Geology Page - August 27, 2013

Earth's Layers

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New theory on how Earth’s crust was created

Geology Page - May 6, 2017

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Breakthrough in continuous monitoring of CO2 leaks from storage sites could...

Geology Page - January 24, 2016

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Sediment core from sluice pond contains evidence for 1755 New England...

March 29, 2018

Luminous grains of sand determine year of historic storm flood

October 13, 2011

Ancient brains turn paleontology on its head

November 9, 2015

The region where the new species of sauropod was found is unusual as it would have been a desert during that era, 110 million years ago

Paleontologists discover new sauropod species in Argentina

November 4, 2018

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