A study published in the Journal of African Earth Sciences sheds new light on the magnetic structure of the Afar region's crust and the process of the African continent's division.

They’re a cool and easy way to demonstrate certain waves, with a bit of cleanup afterward. This week, we’re serving up some sound science on a “Chladni plate.” * Ernst Chladni was a very important ...

Researchers have examined tiny time capsules found in the oldest-known crystals in an attempt to settle a question that divides scientists: when did Earth’s tectonic plates begin to move? Plate ...

A research group has revealed through seismic wave analysis that the oceanic plate beneath the Ontong Java Plateau—the ...

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One of the most disturbing earthquake lessons was an earthquake puzzle in Northern California, the 1992 magnitude-7.2 earthquakes in the Cape Mendocino earthquakes, was a depth event at first much ...

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A new seismic study reveals that Earth’s largest volcanic event fundamentally transformed the oceanic plate beneath the ...