plate tectonics
What is the Temperature of the Earth’s Crust?
As Earth's outermost layer, the temperature of its crust varies considerably, depending on where it is measured from and various…
What is the Pacific “Ring of Fire”?
What if someone were to tell you that there's a region in the world where roughly 90% of the world's…
Could Plate Tectonics Create Cracks And Odd Terrain In Cold Europa’s Crust?
Mysteries abound on icy Europa, that cold moon of Jupiter. Even years after the Galileo spacecraft finished its mission in…
Scientists Find Clues of Plate Tectonics on Mars
Caption: Valles Marineris NASA World Wind Map Mars Credit: NASA Until now, Earth was thought to be the only planet…
What Is Pangaea?
So, you are curious about what is Pangaea? It was the supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago during the…
What are Plate Boundaries?
In Plate Tectonic Theory, the lithosphere is broken into tectonic plates, which undergo some large scale motions. The boundary regions…
Famous Earthquakes
Earthquakes are among the most devastating forces of nature. What we have are seven of the world’s most famous earthquakes,…
What are Divergent Boundaries?
Divergent boundaries are one of the bi-products of plate tectonics. As the name implies, divergent boundaries are formed when two…
Continental Crust
The crust is the top layer of the Earth's Surface. Did you know that there are 2 types, though? One…