Under California's Sierra Nevada mountains, a slow yet powerful force will change the entirety of the Earth's crust there.

A slab of colder continental lithosphere also has the capacity to crack, rather than to stretch and flow like hot material typically found at such depths. This likely also explains the presence of ...

Earthquakes occur when the rock on one side of a fault slips relative to the other. The fault surface can be vertical, ...

Research unveils a new theory about the origin of the Great Lakes, challenging what we know about their age and formation.

Aa Aa Aa Biogeochemical cycles describe pathways by which chemical elements move through both biotic (the biosphere) and abiotic compartments (the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere ...

Shortlisted for landscape project of the year at Dezeen Awards 2020, French landscape architects Mosbach Paysagistes has explored the concept of lithosphere design in its overhaul of Phase Shifts ...