Researchers have discovered a previously unknown proto-microcontinent, the Davis Strait proto microcontinent, beneath the ...

The discovery was made by a team of scientists from the UK and Sweden during a study of the ocean floor in the region.

Scientists discover deep earthquakes in California's Sierra Nevada, revealing a process that could offer insights into the formation of continents.

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed ... and you find ...

North America is dripping—with sizable blobs of rock sinking from the underside of the continent, beneath the U.S. Midwest, ...

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a landscape with incredible geology. She hears a lot of the same suggestions: ...

By using a cutting-edge imaging technique called full-waveform seismic tomography, the team mapped the crust and mantle in unprecedented detail. This was made possible through data from the EarthScope ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

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Researchers discover Earth's first crust, formed 4.5 billion years ago, had chemical features similar to modern continental crust. (photo credit: Tanya Kalian. Via Shutterstock) A study published ...