Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

In general, Texas is not very seismically active because it's not situated near tectonic plate boundaries, though some regions see more earthquakes than others due to the presence of fault lines ...

In general, Texas is not very seismically active because it's not situated near tectonic plate boundaries, though some ...

A paper published in Nature Geoscience describes the phenomenon, which was discovered at The University of Texas at Austin ... dripping can influence how tectonic plates evolve over time ...

Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, a drop starts to form, eventually becoming weighty enough to break off and ...

Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth's climate system and triggered one of ...