A global reanalysis of both short- and long-term deformation clarifies how obliquity affects strain partitioning in convergent plate boundaries.

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The Earth's Crust Is Going through Massive Changes Under California at an Alarming Rate The crust of Earth constantly changes ...

An update of the convection code ASPECT enables full coupling of plume dynamics with buoyancy effects of transition zone ...

Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out ...

Ever wondered why you won't find kangaroos outside Australia? It all started with massive climate change millions of years ...

A new ocean is forming in East Africa due to tectonic shifts, potentially reshaping the continent and altering global ...

Meteorites are quite rare since most materials in space never come anywhere near the Earth, and of those that do come toward ...