China's Loess Plateau was formed by wind alternately depositing dust or removing dust over the last 2.6 million years, according to a new report from University of Arizona geoscientists. The study is ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Ontong Java Plateau, a volcanically-formed underwater plateau located in the Pacific Ocean north of the Solomon Islands, is younger and its eruption was more protracted than ...

June 7 (UPI) --According to a newly conducted seismic CT scan, the southern half of the Tibetan Plateau, the "Roof of the World," was created by a sudden uplift. The plateau's dramatic rise occurred ...

New research shows that the Altiplano plateau in the central Andes -- and most likely the entire mountain range -- was formed through a series of rapid growth spurts. "This study provides increasing ...

The Tibetan Plateau, a land mass nearly the size of the lower half of the United States, was thrust skyward when the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates collided about 50 million years ago. But ...

Scientists pieced together the history of a huge Pacific plateau and found a complicated story. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The planet huffed and puffed and blew away rock that could have formed mighty mountains, according to new research. Bedrock in Central Asia that would have formed mountains over the past 3 million ...