A vast new ocean stretching hundreds of miles could one day split Africa in two, scientists have warned, after discovering the continent is already tearing itself apart deep benea ...

Madagascar's landscape tells a story of deep time: ancient rifting and geological tilting sculpted the island's dramatic topography and steered its rivers, setting the stage for the evolution of its ...

Mantle helium detected: Gas analysis from Kafue Rift hot springs shows isotope ratios matching mantle sources, indicating deep fluid pathways through the Earth's crust. Potential continental split: ...

The emergence of plate tectonics in the late 1960s led to a paradigm shift from fixism to mobilism of global tectonics, providing a unifying context for the previously disparate disciplines of Earth ...

This study is led by Prof. Yong-Fei Zheng at University of Science and Technology of China. It focuses on the development of tectonic processes along convergent plate margins through inspection of ...