Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian ...

Churning currents in the molten rocks below propel them along like a jumble of conveyor belts in disrepair ... of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates ...

The magma pushes through, and the tectonic plates continue to slide toward the land masses like a conveyor belt. When plate mass reaches the edges of the continents, it is forced under and ...

Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of plates, which have moved throughout Earth's history. The theory explains the how and why behind mountains, volcanoes ...

The controversial mechanism of klippes produced along the NE-striking Longmen Shan thrust belt (LSTB) in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, was the key point of comprehending tectonic ...