A section of the upper mantle and crust under the Sierra Nevada mountains is peeling away, in a process that may mimic how ...

Like a moth in a cocoon, the metamorphosis of Earth's crust from molten goop to solid land is hidden from view, leaving ...

Scientists have discovered evidence that California is actually peeling apart below the surface, as dense rocks under the ...

In the latter case, high temperatures and pressures lead to the reworking of the crust, affecting its composition, as well as that of the underlying mantle. Furthermore, when two continental ...

Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

At 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide, the East African Rift (EAR) system is one of the geologic wonders of the world.

For geologists, a continent is a large area of thick continental crust composed of granite or similar igneous rocks, forming the continental base, in combination with metamorphic rocks ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

The processes that form continental crust from the denser basaltic rocks of the upper mantle may make the lower lithosphere ...