New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

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

Scientists have long wondered how Earth’s continents first formed. Now, a team of geologists from the University of Hong Kong ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

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

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

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research finds. This early rocky shell featured chemical signatures previously ...

The Afar junction is the point at which the Arabian, Nubian, and Somalian plates meet, each departing in their own directions to leave a widening gap under the Afar Triangle. Eventually, the crust ...

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than ...