Download a chart to use in class and an activity for practicing with these concepts: Tectonic Basins chart and activity Here is a diagram to help you understand how the tectonic basins are related to ...

Geology. The presence of oceans, continents and plate tectonics on Earth is most likely the reason there is no evidence for advanced extraterrestrial civilizations, according to new research by ...

Plate tectonics is relatively new, put forth in the last 30 years or so — its forerunner was the now-discarded continental drift theory. The theory states that Earth's outer shell is made up of ...

The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

Research in structural geology and tectonics seeks to define how and why deformation ... mountain belts and oceans, and how the history of plate motions has shaped topics as diverse as seismicity, ...

Plate tectonics, the theory that underpins ... high-resolution magnetic data to connect buried features with surface geology. They built on previous studies that dated the movement to around ...

Whether you choose the master's or Ph.D. in geology or geophysics, you'll work closely with world-class faculty who are tackling some of today's most pressing earth science problems, from quantifying ...

LIZ BONNIN: Hi, I’m Liz Bonnin. When we think about plate tectonics, we normally picture erupting volcanos, gigantic mountain ranges like the Himalayas, or terrifying tsunamis and earthquakes ...