This study is led by Prof. Yong-Fei Zheng at University of Science and Technology of China. It focuses on the development of tectonic processes along convergent plate margins through inspection of ...

The Ring of Fire is an area around the Pacific Ocean that traces the boundaries between several tectonic plates. Also referred to as the Circum-Pacific Belt, this path is approximately 25,000 miles ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 struck Nepal on Wednesday, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). Nepal is earthquake-prone due to its location on a convergent boundary where the Indian ...

Species adapt and evolve in strikingly similar or distinct ways. Uncover the different pathways between convergent and divergent evolution. The theory of evolution, worked out in the nineteenth ...

Which forces and mechanisms determine the height of mountains? A group of researchers from Münster and Potsdam has now found a surprising answer: It is not erosion and weathering of rocks that ...