Studies have revealed that the MIA crust was likely stripped away by ... Petersson asserted, "The zircon crystals we found in river sand and rocks from Finland have signatures that point towards ...

New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first ...

Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian ...

A massive eruption of magma around 135 million years ago may have been the driving force behind the tectonic rift that split ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics begin?

Mount Everest’s towering height isn’t shaped by tectonic forces alone. Its continued growth owes a quiet debt to nearby rivers. These rivers, cutting through deep gorges, have helped lift the mountain ...

Scientists are confident Mars was once abundant with water, as seen in massive flood-carved channels, ancient river ... a mid-crust made up of fractured, water-saturated igneous rock best explains ...

The team concluded that a mid-crust made up of fractured igneous rocks saturated with liquid water "best explains the existing data." They estimated the volume of trapped water would reach a depth ...

Scientists with NASA’s Perseverance rover are exploring what they consider a veritable Martian cornucopia full of intriguing rocky outcrops on the rim of Jezero Crater. Studying rocks, boulders, and ...