Microscopic zircon crystals discovered in Western Australia suggest that Earth may have had continental crust as early as 4.4 ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.

All around the world, from the Red Sea to the deep ocean ridges of the Atlantic, lurk more than a dozen geological misfits.

A study of the East African Rift reveals that ancient heating and dehydration can strengthen continental crust, reshaping how and where continents break apart.

It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home ...

Learn how seismic waves helped identify rare mantle earthquakes deep below Earth’s crust, offering new insight into the ...

Continental crust and granitic plutons -- Chemical composition of continental crust and the primitive mantle -- Origin of magmas of the Bowen's series -- Search for the formation mechanism of ...

Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in ...