An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the ...

A long-lost oceanic plate is diving deep into the mantle, dragging down the crust above, researchers say. However, the plate ...

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the ...

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...

The continental portion of the Arabian plate, which underpins modern-day Iraq and Saudi Arabia, was dragged behind, resulting in a collision with Eurasia. This collision created mountains ...

Their research revealed that in the present day, deep below the Earth's surface, the Neotethys oceanic plate -- the ocean floor that used to be between the Arabian and Eurasian continents -- is ...