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 successful development of sustainable georesources for the energy transition is a key challenge for humankind in the 21st ...

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

A new study shows that the inner core changed shape in just a few decades, challenging previous assumptions and revealing ...

New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions ...

Recent research suggests Earth's inner core, primarily composed of iron and nickel, may not be entirely solid. Scientists ...

Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

Two Buried Supercontinents Under Africa and the Pacific Ocean Could Be Much Older Than Previously Assumed Earth has several ...

The receiver function technique, used in this study, analyzes how seismic waves change as they pass through the boundaries between different geological layers. This allows for precise mapping of the ...

Recent seismological studies challenge the traditional view that the interface between the core and mantle is a straightforward discontinuity. As seismology is pushed to its observational limits ...