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

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

Scientists found that the speed at which continents split apart directly influences how molten rock flows deep beneath ...

Tectonic pulses beneath Africa are splitting the continent apart to produce a new ocean, according to University of Southampton scientists.

The Afar junction is the point at which the Arabian, Nubian, and Somalian plates meet, each departing in their own directions to leave a widening gap under the Afar Triangle. Eventually, the crust ...

Arabian Plate, gray tectonic map. Minor tectonic plate, consisting mostly of Arabian Peninsula. Together with the African and Indian plates it is moving northward, colliding with the Eurasian plate.