A global reanalysis of both short- and long-term deformation clarifies how obliquity affects strain partitioning in convergent plate boundaries.

When plates come together at convergent boundaries, they often slide under each ... happen at "subduction zones," the points ...

Keywords: convergent plate boundary, oceanic subduction, continental collision, lithospheric deformation, mantle flow, geodynamics Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be ...

Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out ...

In a recent paper published in National Science Review, a jointed team of scholars from China and UK has made significant ...

Boundaries are a topic that will likely never go out of season. The reason is that there is always room for self-development, and that often includes learning to set limits with people and things ...

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has convened the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC), the Elections Department (ELD) announced on Wednesday (Jan 22). The committee has been directed to ...

One reason for this is convergent evolution. Convergent evolution occurs when organisms that aren’t closely related evolve similar features or behaviours, often as solutions to the same problems. The ...

The mystery of two "super-continent"-sized structures buried deep in the Earth's mantle has produced a new twist after scientists got a closer look at their composition, suggesting they might be ...