Salt tectonics and diapirism are fundamental processes in sedimentary basins where thick evaporite sequences behave as mobile ductile layers, responding to differential loading, buoyancy forces and ...

Tectonic map of the Earth. The first continental crust on Earth formed more than 3 billion years ago. Likely the first fragments formed by partial melting and re-crystallization of the primordial ...

Earth is a dynamic and constantly changing planet. From the formation of mountains and oceans to the eruption of volcanoes, the surface of our planet is in a constant state of flux. At the heart of ...

Six million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea evaporated, leaving behind a vast salt desert and mineral deposits. This geological event, known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis, caused the sea level to ...