Plate tectonics is relatively new, put forth in the last 30 years or so — its forerunner was the now-discarded continental drift theory. The theory states that Earth's outer shell is made up of ...

But plate tectonics isn't actually required to produce these signatures, according to the new study published April 2 in the journal Nature.

Researchers have long believed that the NAA resulted from the plate tectonic movement that broke North America off northwest Africa 180 million years ago.

This discovery opens up new avenues for understanding the dynamics of tectonic plate interactions. While researchers previously believed that tectonic plates were largely solid, this study ...

Intraplate tectonic settings, located far from active plate margins, have historically been considered stable. However, infrequent but destructive earthquakes—such as the 2001 Bhuj event in India and ...