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Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth's climate system and triggered one of history's greatest animal migrations.
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul at 12:49 (09:49 GMT). The epicentre of the quake was located in ...
A rare geological process is tearing the Indian Plate apart deep beneath the surface, scientists have discovered. In a study ...
Iran’s Zagros folds are visible via satellite imagery Formed by Arabian-Eurasian plate collision Offers insight into mountain ...
The rocks are formed of countless sedimentary layers, which were upturned and creased into the landscape we see today during ...
Earthquakes strike when tectonic plates, the large rocks making up the Earth’s crust, rub against each other. The USGS says the Myanmar quake occurred due to “strike slip faulting” between ...
Earthquakes, Major Structures, Extensional Faulting, Dead Sea Transform Fault, Jordan Share and Cite: Salameh, E. and Yaseen, ...
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: Several cities across Pakistan, including Islamabad, Rawalpindi and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, were ...
Geologically, Pakistan straddles the boundary between the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. The provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, and the Federally Administered ...
A surprising new discovery suggests that the Indian Plate is splitting into two, with a portion of it sinking into the mantle.
Deep beneath the mountains of the Himalayas, something remarkable is taking place. The vast, rocky plate supporting India, known as the Indian Plate, is slowly breaking apart. Recent scientific ...