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Plate tectonic processes in the Pacific and Atlantic during the Cretaceous period have shaped the Caribbean region to this day

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 ...
The Sun

Europe and Canada could COLLIDE as tectonic plate ‘splitting right down the middle’ threatens to shrink Atlantic Ocean and cause ‘catastrophic earthquakes’

EUROPE and Canada may one day smash into each other if dramatic new research is to be believed. Scientists say one of Earth’s tectonic plates, the massive shelves of crust that carry the continents ...
Zawya

Environmental Tectonics Corporation's Simulation Division to Display Latest Emergency and Security Training Simulations at IDEX in Abu Dhabi

SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., February 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Environmental Tectonics Corporation's (OTC Bulletin Board: ETCC) ("ETC" or the "Company") Simulation Division, located in Orlando, FL, is pleased to ...
Phys.org

Mountain ranges could be hidden treasure troves of natural hydrogen, plate tectonic modeling finds

Panorama view of the Swiss Alps - Canton of Grisons in Eastern Switzerland, a potential natural H 2 exploration area. Credit: Frank Zwaan, GFZ The successful development of sustainable georesources ...