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

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

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

G eologists have attributed age-dependent variations in the chemistry of Ethiopian volcanic rocks to rhythmic pulses like a ...

A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.

It's important to know that the Earth's crust is a kind of puzzle ― albeit a dynamic one that consists of many individual pieces: A few gigantic oceanic plates and several small continental ...

Difference between continental and oceanic crust The surface of Earth is broken into large rigid plates that diverge at mid-ocean ridges and converge at ocean trenches or mountain ranges.

The crust making up Zealandia is between 10 and 30 kilometers thick, making it thicker than the seven kilometers of most ocean crust. But it is not as thick as other continents’ crust, typically ...

There are two main types of plates: continental and oceanic. Mainly by virtue of the differences in their composition, continental plates are more buoyant (lighter) than oceanic plates.

The data covered 560 miles (900 km) of the boundary between the continental North American plate and the oceanic plates Juan de Fuca, Explorer and Gorda, all of which are plunging beneath North ...

This enormous chunk of submerged continental crust sits between Antarctica and Australia, where it connected the landmasses as part of a supercontinent some 300 million years ago.

When plates collide, oceanic crust will be subducted under continental crust, recycling it back into the mantle. Therefore, oceanic crust never gets to age as much as continental crust, which almost ...