Seismic waves have revealed that the oceanic plate beneath the Ontong Java Plateau was dramatically transformed by the ...

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface ...

Scientists observed a mid-ocean ridge widen in real time, recording several metres of sea-floor motion and huge lava outflows ...

Off the southern coast of Chile, three tectonic plates meet at a point known as the Chile Triple Junction. Two are oceanic plates, the Nazca and the Antarctic, which are separating in an active ...

Scientists have witnessed the birth of new oceanic crust for the first time, capturing a rare seafloor spreading event that offers fresh insights into Earth's tectonic processes.