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

These transformations influence tectonic plate dynamics and mantle convection. The discovery of an unusually thick transition zone beneath the Lesser Antilles suggests a unique, basalt-rich ...

1 Introduction The Arabian Plate, bounded by relatively active tectonic regions is characterized by dominant earthquake activities (Girdler, 1991; Al-Haddad et al., 1994; Ghebreab, 1998; Stern and ...

Due to the radiative thermal conductivity of the mineral olivine, only oceanic plates over 60 million years old and ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...

In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving ...

Beneath Ethiopia, the Earth’s mantle is pulsing like a slow, steady heartbeat, slowly tearing Africa apart and laying the ...

This rifting process occurs in a unique geological environment where three tectonic plates converge: the Nubian, Somali, and Arabian plates. Each plate is moving at a different rate, with the Arabian ...

Pakistan has five seismic zones as it is located on three major tectonic plates - the Arabian, Euro-Asian and Indian, ...

A mysterious pulse beneath Africa's surface is reshaping the continent in ways that could change the world. Deep within the ...

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Pakistan's Balochistan province, injuring at least five people and damaging homes. The ...