Deep beneath the Zagros Mountains, the Neotethys plate is tearing apart, dragging Earth's crust downward. This shift may trigger quakes and reshape the region’s geology.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A massive collision between the Indian tectonic plate and the Eurasian tectonic plate ...

Geophysicists find areas that resemble the results of tectonic plate collisions — far from any area of such activity.

Mars' dramatic north-south divide has puzzled scientists for half a century. However, they may now have a conclusive answer.

Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" ...

The Himalayas, Earth's towering mountain range, stand as the product of a slow-motion geological collision between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. This monumental clash has been shaping ...

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck Tibet, with a depth of 5 km. This follows several recent earthquakes in the region, ...

Scientists analyzing seismic data from southern Tibet discovered that the Indian tectonic plate is fragmenting as it subducts ...

are where tectonic plates pull apart due to convection currents ... push upwards along the western coastline of South America. Collision zones close collision zoneA collision zone is where two ...

Scientists analyzing seismic data from southern Tibet discovered that the Indian tectonic plate is fragmenting as it subducts beneath the Eurasian plate, reshaping our understanding of the forces ...