"Plate tectonics makes our planet uniquely dynamic ... into each other and pushing oceanic crust down to the mantel, many different styles coexisted, just as they do today. "Understanding how ...

And like an eggshell, the crust has cracked and split into many different pieces called tectonic plates. These plates can be oceanic, meaning they're found mainly under the ocean, or continental ...

The land on Earth is made up of different pieces called continents ... It is made up of large slabs called tectonic plates. The plates fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces far beneath our ...

This is very different from how we think plate tectonics operates today, where subducting plates sink to lower mantle," says associate professor Martin Schiller who is also behind the new study.