Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

Additionally, the discovery of two “giant blobs” deep inside the Earth has sparked debates among experts about how and why ...

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

A new study has changed what scientists thought they knew about Earth’s early history. Researchers have discovered that the ...

An ancient slab of Earth's crust buried deep beneath the Midwest is sucking ... The Farallon plate and the North American ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Subduction zones are the most important sites of material exchange between the crust and mantle on Earth. They are also the locations where the largest deposits of strategic metals, such as copper, ...