I just returned home from an adventure in Ecuador, the highlight was two weeks on a boat exploring the Galápagos Islands. As ...

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and ...

Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is ...

“Active” Plate tectonics is important as both the SWUS ... The Tanzanian part of the East Africa Rift System (EARS) has features of both the SWUS, tertiary volcanic related “playas” and Continental ...

These geological features are classified into ... Normal faults are typically found at divergent plate boundaries, such as mid-ocean ridges or continental rift zones. Reverse faults, in contrast ...

Therefore, there are concerns about whether production of geological resources can continue within the sustainable use limit (planetary boundary) of water availability, or if production can be ...

Alfred Wagner proposed a theory in 1912 that paved the way for plate ... data from geological structures called faults. The formation of these boundaries triggers unique geological features ...

This theory, known as the ‘East African Rift System-Indian Plate boundary hypothesis’, is based on several pieces of evidence—geological observations, geophysical data and computer models.

was a result of naturally occurring variation in the geological features of the region and not due to plate tectonics, a senior scientist said. The 4.0 magnitude earthquake had its epicentre at ...

"Before plate tectonics, people had to come up with explanations of the geologic features in their region ... As the name suggests, divergent boundaries are tectonic boundaries where plates ...

The research suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ... It has been thought that plate tectonics were a significant factor in the shaping of our planet and the evolution of life. Mars and Venus don't ...