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Which is the fastest moving continental landmass?

Australia Australia is moving 7 cm (2.7 inches) per year in the north direction that is towards Asia which makes it as the fastest moving continental land mass...

October 29, 2017

Malpelo plate: New tectonic microplate discovered off the coast of Ecuador

Researchers from US-based Rice University have found new tectonic mircoplate off Ecuador’s coast in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It has been named Malpelo plate, after a Colombian island...

August 17, 2017

Subduction and Its Effects

Subduction is a geological process, which occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another. The subducted plate is forced into the mantle. This process is vital for the...

December 7, 2014

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