When we think about plate tectonics, we normally picture erupting ... and its geological significance with rocks spanning the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Triassic periods. How have physical processes ...

commonly referred to as the Cretaceous period. New research published in Science Advances shows the sudden movement of tectonic plates that join beneath the continent about 120 million years ago ...

The root cause of this destructive earthquake lies in the constant clash between two powerful tectonic plates ... which joined the Eurasian plate during the Cretaceous period.

As continents heaved upward, pushed by the movement of tectonic plates, ocean currents were ... million years leading up to the end of the Cretaceous. Sea Level The presence of 65- to 70-million ...

S.C. Cande, D.V. Kent, "A new geomagnetic polarity time scale for the late Cretaceous and Cenozoic," Journal of Geophysical Research ... polarity time scale that covered the entire Cenozoic era was ...

it joined the Eurasian plate during the Cretaceous period. Positioned between the Qiangtang and Tethyan Himalayan terranes, it experiences tectonic forces from the Indian-Eurasian plate collision ...