It’s a place where the water bubbles and boils, where local legends speak of its mysterious power, and where science itself has struggled to provide clear answers. The Boiling River of the ...

In a development that could reshape our understanding of tectonic ... of the Pacific Plate was stable and quiet, far away from the usual seismic action seen at plate boundaries where earthquakes ...

This zone is characterized by mineral phase changes that affect rock density and viscosity. These transformations influence tectonic plate dynamics and mantle convection. The discovery of an unusually ...

Scientists have recently found new seismic data that shows that the Indian tectonic plate isn’t just sliding under the Eurasian plate as once believed, it’s actually splitting in two deep ...

The folded rocks sit at the intersection of Asia and Europe, where major tectonic forces converge ... The Neotethys oceanic plate appears to be pulling the region down from below, resulting ...

Reverse faults are common at convergent plate boundaries, where tectonic plates collide. A specific type of reverse fault, called a thrust fault, has a shallower angle and can push older rock ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Aftershocks are expected from an earthquake that shook residents awake along a stretch of Australia's east coast. The quake struck at 2.55am on Wednesday near Singleton in the NSW Hunter Valley ...

The horizontal resolution in most of their models was about 30 kilometers, fine enough to simulate the behavior of 100-kilometer-wide tectonic plate boundaries. The models revealed surprising results.