Learn about the movement of tectonic plates off the coast of northern California, a process that could incite major ...

Scientists used satellite data to confirm that Earth's crust is "dripping" into the mantle beneath Turkey's Central Anatolian ...

Rare rocks buried deep in central Australia have revealed how a valuable niobium deposit formed during the breakup of an ...

This gradual accumulation and release of stress and strain is now referred to as the "elastic rebound theory" of earthquakes. Most earthquakes are the result of the sudden elastic rebound of ...

USGS released its most detailed national geologic map, offering layered views of geology beneath the Earth’s surface across the lower 48 states. The Cooperative National Geologic Map integrates data ...

The newly identified deposit in Western Australia’s Pilbara is being hailed as the largest iron ore formation ever discovered, with estimates suggesting it contains around 55 billion metric tons of ...

Seismic tremors reveal a shallow fragment of ancient tectonic plate beneath Northern California, helping explain damaging ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Bermuda has long been a geologic mystery, as its formation doesn’t match up with those of typical islands created by magma hotpots, such as Hawai‘i.