The Earth's Crust Is Going through Massive Changes Under California at an Alarming Rate The crust of Earth constantly changes ...

This is one of the world's oldest geological formations, consisting of ancient, continental crust that has remained largely ...

Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.

The successful development of sustainable georesources for the energy transition is a key challenge for humankind in the 21st ...

The ancient crust of Australia is crucial for understanding the early Earth, because it tells us about how the continental crust formed and evolved. Continental crust forms the foundation of ...

New crust is continually being pushed away from divergent boundaries (where sea-floor spreading occurs), increasing Earth's surface. But the Earth isn't getting any bigger. What happens ...

Geology’s Theory of Everything continues successfully to defend its title. ■ Curious about the world? To enjoy our ...

This phenomenon, occurring over millions of years, helps explain continental formation through the process of differentiation, where denser crust layers are absorbed into the mantle, leaving ...

At CU Boulder, we use petrology to study the formation of volcanoes and their magmatic sources, the evolution of continental crust during the growth and destruction of mountain belts, the genesis of ...

Continental and oceanic plates all fit together to form the outer crust of the planet. Eight major plates are named on the diagram below. Heat from the core makes magma in the mantle rise towards ...