The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, ...

The crust of Earth, the planet's outer shell, is divided into two rough categories: The older, ... A cross section of Earth showing the various layers that make up the planet.

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

Known as lithospheric dripping—named for the fragmenting of rocky material that makes up Earth's crust and ... Next, the upper-most solid section of ... The researchers then cross ...

This new volume from the Geological Society of America provides a synthesis of crustal cross sections with a special emphasis on the western North American Cordillera. From the North American ...

The changing of Earth's crust is a topic that is still being studied. Plate tectonics as they are currently known likely occurred during the past billion years, according to a 2021 study .