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Tectonics

Plate Tectonics Subduction Zones Seismic Activity Plate Boundaries Orogeny Fault Lines Tectonic Plates Tectonic Deformation Mid-Atlantic Ridge Tectonic Structure Gondwana

Study Ties Green River’s Through‑Range Canyon to a Past Lithospheric Drip

Seismic imaging with modeling points to a past lithospheric drip that briefly lowered the range, matching the river’s incision window.

Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Strikes Offshore Northern Peru

Canadian Greenstone Belt Rocks Dated to 4.16 Billion Years, Possibly Earth’s Oldest