Researchers describe zircons from the Andes mountains of Patagonia. Although the zircons formed when tectonic plates were colliding, they have a chemical signature associated with when the plates were ...

In deep Earth, rocks take up and release water all the time, and the effects can be wide reaching. Dehydration can cause rocks to crack and trigger earthquakes, and over geologic timescales, this ...

Matt Malkowski, assistant professor at the Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, taking notes for a measurement section in the Lower Zapata Formation, Torres del Paine National ...

The opening and closing of the Rocas Verdes Basin, a back-arc basin in Patagonia, as described by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin in a study published in Geology. Panels B and C ...

Vast, quasi-circular features on Venus's surface may reveal that the planet has ongoing tectonics, according to new research based on data gathered more than 30 years ago by NASA's Magellan mission.

On the arid margins of northeast Africa, beneath the sediment and heat of the Gulf of Suez, a tectonic feature long thought ...

Mountain building, also known as orogenesis, is a geological process that involves the formation and uplift of large, elevated landforms, known as mountains. The term "orogenesis" comes from Greek ...

A geologist has revealed intriguing insights into the volcanic activity on Mars. He proposes that Mars has significantly more diverse volcanism than previously realized, driven by an early form of ...

Before Plate Tectonics arrived and different collisions occurred, Pangea a supercontinent existed. Let’s see in detail about Pangea, its formations & geography and what is the relevance of Tectonic in ...