The Yellowstone region's Beartooth Mountains feature some of the most ancient rocks in North America — as old as 3.96 billion ...

Yellowstone volcanism has produced some of the youngest rocks in North America. This same region also features some of the ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics ...

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an ...

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

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"The tectonic changes in global trade are unfolding before our eyes, and it is still very difficult to judge where they will lead the global economy and how they will affect Russia," she said.

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