Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

They identified areas below the Pacific that seem like remains of submerged plates, but far away from plate boundaries with no geological evidence of past subduction. The Pacific is one large ...

The map highlights in yellow the zones of the Pacific Plate that are being pulled apart by the sinking tectonic plate along the Pacific Ring of Fire.

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“By simulating how the Earth's tectonic plates are expected to evolve using a supercomputer, we were able to show that in less than 300 million years' time it is likely to be the Pacific Ocean ...

Formed at the convergent boundary where the Pacific Plate subducts beneath the Indo-Australian Plate, it’s a geologically active region known for frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity.

Hidden deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, researchers have uncovered ... Institute of Technology has identified ancient tectonic plate-like zones in regions far removed from subduction boundaries.

The Pontus oceanic plate that was reconstructed by Suzanna van de Lagemaat: its location in the paleo-Pacific ocean 120 million years ago, and its present relicts. An earlier study showed that a ...

Instead of colliding head-on, the Pacific and Australian plates approach obliquely in the vicinity of New Zealand, leading to complex plate interactions ().On the South Island, both plates are ...