Researchers have confirmed that a rare geological process called lithospheric dripping is pulling pieces of the Earth’s lower crust deep into the mantle under the Konya Basin. This discovery, driven ...

Cratons are the most ancient, stable pieces of tectonic plates, but even these geological formations can change over time. A new study details how the North American plate is “dripping” into the ...

Artist impression of two types of lithospheric drip. One type produces thickening and uplift of Earth’s crust, while the other results in the formation of a basin at the surface without horizontal ...

The seemingly stable regions of the Earth's continental plates -- the so-called stable cratons -- have suffered repetitive deformation below their crust since their formation in the remote past, ...

The Konya Basin in Central Anatolia, Turkey, is showing evidence of rapid ground sinking, while being part of a larger region ...