The theory of Plate tectonics – developed from Alfred Wegener’s theory of Continental Drift to explain the movement of the continents – has become the prevailing theory underpinning our understanding ...
In 2016, the geochemists Jonas Tusch and Carsten Münker hammered a thousand pounds of rock from the Australian Outback and airfreighted it home to Cologne, Germany. Five years of sawing, crushing, ...
Fuzzy timings over a plate-tectonics anniversary highlight the rolling nature of scientific discovery. This week, the Geological Society in London will mark the 50th anniversary of plate tectonics — ...