Earth's continents are slowly moving across the planet's surface due to plate tectonics, culminating in regions of crustal ...

Plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought—and may be a big ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Upper Crust owner SSP reported that operating profit jumped by around a quarter despite a "disappointing" performance in ...

Some areas of continental crust have maintained long-term stability from the beginning of Earth's history, with little destruction by tectonic events or mantle convection, known as cratons.

New crust is continually being pushed away from divergent boundaries (where sea-floor spreading occurs), increasing Earth's surface. But the Earth isn't getting any bigger. What happens ...

Cratons are fascinating yet enigmatic geological formations. Known to be relatively stable portions of the Earth's continental crust, cratons have remained largely unchanged for billions of years.

The evolution and differentiation of the continental crust pose fundamental questions that are being addressed by new research concerning melting, melt extraction and transport through the crust, and ...