https://cluster-site.onrender.com/tags/tectonics/ Recent content in Tectonics on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:03:59 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/mantle-plume-vs.-plate-tectonics-basalt-cores-reshape-the-north-atlantic-breakup-debate/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:23:26 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/mantle-plume-vs.-plate-tectonics-basalt-cores-reshape-the-north-atlantic-breakup-debate/ • About 56 million years ago, Europe and North America began pulling apart to form what became the ever-expanding North Atlantic Ocean. • Vast amounts of molten rock from Earth’s m https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/the-moon-is-still-shrinking-and-it-could-trigger-more-moonquakes/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:49:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/the-moon-is-still-shrinking-and-it-could-trigger-more-moonquakes/ • Scientists map small mare ridges (SMRs), revealing active tectonic features across lunar maria. • SMRs are young, widespread, and indicate recent Moon contraction and stress buil