Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

The rocks in the vicinity of the Weir River Estuary reveal the fascinating g ... Terranes are large blocks of the earth’s crust separated from each other by major faults.

A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.

Finland's river crystals hold clues about the formation of 'Scandinavia's' oldest bedrock 3.75 billion years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

A river’s shift 89,000 years ago may have added up to 160 feet to Everest’s height through erosion and crust rebound, linking river dynamics to mountain formation in the Himalayas.

The crust buckled and crumpled on a gargantuan scale, ... And there is nothing better at creating that imbalance than a rock-eating river. In Everest’s shadow lies the Arun River.

As the river system eroded rock, “the surrounding peaks were actually rising due to the elastic rebound of the Earth’s crust,” he added. “It’s like the landscape was doing the limbo ...