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Scientists Found Ancient Tectonic Plates in the Middle of Continents—Where They Shouldn't Be
The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants of submerged plates will be found near subduction zones. However, a new high-resolution model shows that these remnants ...
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Plate Tectonics
Most geologic activity stems from the interplay where the plates meet or divide. The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries ... of years from now eastern Africa will ...
This Iraq region is sinking into the Earth (very slowly)
Iraq is sinking. Or, to be exact, the region surrounding the Zagros Mountains in the country’s north is. A team of ...
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Beneath The Middle East, An Ancient Seabed Is Splitting From The Continental Plates
An ancient oceanic plate under modern-day Iraq is breaking ... Some of the most dramatic changes over recent times can be found along the East African Rift System (EARS), one of the largest ...
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Plate tectonic rifting
Case studies include both rifting on land, in east Africa and Iceland ... is turning itself inside out through the process of plate tectonics. Advances in technology are helping to reveal the ...
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Scientists Found Ancient Tectonic Plates in the Middle of Continents—Where They Shouldn’t Be
The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants of submerged plates will be found near subduction zones. However, a new high-resolution model shows that these remnants ...