This is known as lithospheric foundering, a process where a portion of Earth's lithosphere (the rigid outer ... million years ago in the southern part of the mountains and is still in progress ...

The plates make up Earth's outer shell, called the lithosphere. (This includes the crust and uppermost part of the mantle.) Churning currents in the molten rocks below propel them along like a ...

A new ocean is forming in East Africa due to tectonic shifts, potentially reshaping the continent and altering global geography over millions of years.

and lithosphere) on Earth. Along with energy flows, biogeochemical cycles establish the relations among ecosystem compartments at local, regional and global scales. In these systems of inputs ...

Cambridge geoscientists are developing an atlas that could lead to a more complete understanding of how viable rare earth element deposits form and ...