Learn more about the pounding plume of molten rock that’s beneath Ethiopia, forcing its three tectonic plates to separate.

The three major tectonic plates off the Pacific Northwest coast are undergoing a gradual shift, and the area in which they converge -- popularly known as the "Triple Junction" -- appears to be ...

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 ...

Earth's tectonic plates formed when 'massive molten plumes' ripped the crust apart: Tears formed and spread across the planet three billion years ago ...

When exactly plate tectonics emerged and how it has evolved ... scientists investigated so-called "metamorphic rocks" from 564 sites around the world that have formed over the past three ...

Based on a series of models considering how the continents were assembled over time, researchers created an updated map of Earth's tectonic plates.

Underwater robot discovers a never-before-seen creature at the junction of three tectonic plates in the Pacific Ocean - as baffled viewers dub it the 'forbidden toilet scrubber' ...

This desolate expanse sits atop the juncture of three tectonic plates that are very slowly peeling away from each other, a complex geological process that scientists say will eventually cleave ...

Scientists have said that the 35-mile-long crack in the Ethiopian desert is the first indicator that the three tectonic plates under the area are very slowly peeling away from each other.

A so-called strike-slip movement was the cause of the deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake near the Turkey-Syria border, where three tectonic plates are sliding past each other along an existing fault ...

The three major tectonic plates off the Pacific Northwest coast are undergoing a gradual shift, and the area in which they converge – popularly known as the "Triple Junction" – appears to be ...