Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

A new study does the difficult task of trying to piece together the history of the world’s largest subduction zone.

Tectonic plates are massive slabs of Earth's lithosphere that float atop the semi-fluid mantle, constantly shifting and ...

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

Structural geology articles from across Nature Portfolio Structural geology is the study of the deformation of the surface and subsurface of the Earth and other planetary bodies. This deformation ...

The formation of Heart Mountain near Cody is a story of a block of rock the size of Rhode Island moving at 700 mph, an ...

The Andaman-Nicobar Basin (AN Basin), nestled in the southeastern expanse of the Bay of Bengal, represents a frontier of ...

The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, or got a keen interest in how the Earth is put together, then this ...