Far beneath the ocean's surface, where mountain belts rise and ancient oceanic crust lies hidden, a long-lost tectonic plate ...

The team also reports the exact location of a now-extinct seafloor spreading ridge, a zone where two tectonic plates began pulling apart 180 million years ago to form the deep basin that became ...

A California paleontologist has created an interactive map that allows people to see how far their hometowns have moved ... Scotese’s models describe plate tectonic development since 750 ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ... Abyssal hills — parallel ridges that are just hundreds of feet tall — are formed by the movements of tectonic plates.

Researchers have built a detailed map of the ocean ... altimetry with resolution so good it revealed the gravitational signatures of long-extinct ridges and sediment-covered tectonic plates. ...

The maps, which can be accessed through a new interactive website, reveal the lost eighth continent’s tectonic profile, along with the shape and depth of the ocean floor surrounding it.

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Called Pontus, the 'mega-plate' was once 15 million square miles, about a quarter the size of the Pacific Ocean, report experts at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

The map shows the continents as they are today by default, but when you click on a different geological era they rearrange themselves, showing how dramatically tectonic plates have shift over ...

The maps show how volcanism and tectonic motion have shaped the submerged landmass over millions of years. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ... Abyssal hills — parallel ridges that are just hundreds of feet tall — are formed by the movements of tectonic plates.