The emergence of plate tectonics in the late 1960s led to a paradigm shift from fixism to mobilism of global tectonics, providing a unifying context for the previously disparate disciplines of Earth ...
When the plate sinks into the mantle it melts to form magma. The pressure of the magma builds up beneath the Earth's surface. The magma escapes through weaknesses in the rock and rises up through a ...
Deep beneath the Central African Plateau, something vast is stirring. In Zambia's remote Kafue Rift, hot springs are releasing gases that carry a chemical signature from far below the surface - one ...