Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the ...

The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is ...

And yet Connecticut—along with much of the rest of eastern North America—holds important clues about Earth’s history. This region, which geologists call the eastern North American margin ...

Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate. Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.