Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

Potential patches of Earth's ancient crust, sometimes called "sunken worlds," may have just been discovered deep within the mantle, thanks to a new way of mapping the inside of our planet.

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

Over 25 years ago, researchers discovered that some of these deep Earth reverberations pointed to the existence of two ...

For millions of years, as the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates have drifted toward each other, the underground ancient ...

Geology is broadly the study of the Earth and other planets, moons, and smaller planetary bodies. Fields of geology range from the initial formation and differentiation of the Earth to modern ...

The Department of Geology has changed its name to the Department of Earth Sciences to better reflect the breath of its work.

A hotspot that now lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean was once under the Great Lakes, and may explain why they formed where they did. The Great Lakes formed where they did 20,000 years ago ...

Understanding plate tectonics is key to grasping how the Earth’s geology works and how oceans and continents came to be.

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo Department of Geology is about much more than rocks and minerals. Its faculty and ...