This study, published in Earth and Planetary Physics, explores the subduction thermal state, slab metamorphism, and seismic ...

Scientists have detected that the Neotethys oceanic plate is tearing apart horizontally, altering the region’s tectonic landscape in ways never seen before. For millions of years, the Arabian ...

For millions of years, the Arabian and Eurasian plates ... The findings from the Neotethys plate may help geologists anticipate future shifts in other tectonic collision zones worldwide.

In this web focus we present opinion pieces, along with research and overview articles that explore the dynamic processes that occur during plate rifting. Case studies include both rifting on land ...

Their research has revealed that in the present day, deep below the Earth's surface, the Neotethys oceanic plate—the ocean floor that used to be between the Arabian and Eurasian continents—is ...

The Earth is made of different layers: the core, mantle and crust. Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the Earth is split into plates (pieces of the Earth’s crust). The movement of ...

The strange case of a beacon in the middle of a desert and more than 160 km from the coast A desert in which three strategic ...