A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

A map showing seismic speed in Earth’s crust at 125 miles depth across the continental U.S. and portions of Central America and Canada. The North American craton (outlined in black dashes ...

Beneath the surface of the United States, the Earth's crust is slowly sinking, leading to the emergence of a new geological phenomenon. Scientists from the U.S. and China have discovered that this ...

This collection of Funky Facts from Go Jetters focuses on North America, a continent found ... Give pupils an outline map of the continent and ask them to draw and write features inside that ...

North America is the third largest continent in the world. It is located in the Northern Hemisphere. The north of the continent is within the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer passes through ...

With this definition in mind, one study recently published in the journal Gondwana Research argued — controversially — that North America and Europe are actually one continent, which makes six ...

A map showing seismic speed in Earth’s crust at 125 miles depth across the continental U.S. and portions of Central America and Canada. The North American craton (outlined in black dashes) has a ...