Tibetan uplift was mainly caused by post-collisional mantle dynamics, not ongoing India-Asia convergence. The study ...

A part of Northern Africa is slowly splitting apart from the rest of the continent and may eventually create a whole new ocean, according to scientists. The phenomenon is due to plate tectonics in the ...

Fault lines exist within tectonic plates, as well. These intraplate faults can cause earthquakes far away from plate ...

Africa is currently undergoing processes that could lead to the separation of the Somali Peninsula from the rest of the ...

A quiet and slow-moving change is unfolding beneath the surface of East Africa– one that could, over millions of years, ...