The rocks are formed of countless sedimentary layers, which were upturned and creased into the landscape we see today during ...

Iran’s Zagros folds are visible via satellite imagery Formed by Arabian-Eurasian plate collision Offers insight into mountain ...

Scientists have recently found new seismic data that shows that the Indian tectonic plate isn’t just sliding under the Eurasian plate as once believed, it’s actually splitting in two deep ...

Traditionally, scientists believed that the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates fully separated around ... educational materials, maps, and even global politics could be affected.

Everest, about 60 million years ago, was the rapid movement of India northward toward the continent of EuroAsia; Click here for a present-day map of ... by the Earth's tectonic plates like people ...

Forced upwards by the gradual northward push of the Indian plate into the Eurasian plate. It's a power that's almost impossible to imagine until just a tiny fraction of it is suddenly released.