An entire series of earthquakes beginning with the Jan. 12 7.0 temblor in Haiti reflects the movement of the Caribbean plate eastward by about a couple of feet. A large number of aftershocks have ...
The movement of Earth's viscous mantle against South America has pushed the Caribbean islands east over the last 50 million years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature ...
Earthquakes and volcanism occur as a result of plate tectonics. The movement of tectonic plates themselves is largely driven by the process known as subduction. The question of how new active ...
Plate tectonics in the Pacific and Atlantic during the Cretaceous period shaped the Caribbean region
The concurrent subduction of the Pacific and Atlantic plates resulted in the formation of a mantle plum and the ascent of magma. Credit: Nicolas Riel Earthquakes and volcanism occur as a result of ...
Scientists have recently solved a longstanding mystery of the sea: It turns out that the smaller Caribbean islands are arranged in a crescent shape because of great geological forces - the hot viscous ...
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