"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

Visuals that reproduce nearly two billion years of movement are essential to research initiatives that dig into Earth's history, geologic periods, and hidden tectonic plates.

Whatever drives the movement, plate tectonic activity takes place at four types of boundaries: divergent boundaries, where new crust is formed; convergent boundaries, where crust is consumed ...

The movement of these tectonic plates leads to earthquakes and volcanoes ... at about the same speed as your fingernails grow, so the map of the world will continue to change, but just very ...

and he has made multiple animated maps based from his research. For more animations from Scotese about tectonic plate motions — past and present — and Earth history, check out his YouTube page.

Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated in this feature. Keep an eye on the map to see where in the ... then release the tension with a spurt of movement. This movement is felt ...

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

Map of the Word with lines marking boundaries of tectonic plates ... and crust—is split into sections called plates, which move. These movements create mountains, volcanoes and oceans.