The solid ground that we all live on forms a thin crust around the Earth.It’s no more than 50 km thick – and it’s just the upper part of the lithosphere.Below it is the upper mantle. It’s mostly solid ...
The tectonic plates of our planet are moving - slowly, and constantly.We usually only notice when it results in earthquakes, or volcanic eruptions.But a lot of tectonic activity occurs below the ...
This study is led by Prof. Yong-Fei Zheng at University of Science and Technology of China. It focuses on the development of tectonic processes along convergent plate margins through inspection of ...