Scientists previously assumed the Indian plate slid smoothly beneath Asia. The process was assumed to lift the mountains ...

Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...

New findings provide a greater understanding of plate subduction, or how tectonic plates slide beneath one another. This recycling of surface materials and volatile elements deep into the Earth's ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

OKANOGAN, Wash. — A 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck early Wednesday morning near Okanogan.

In the initial state, the microcontinent drifts towards the subduction zone (Figure a). The microcontinent then extends during its journey to the subduction trench owing to the tensional force ...

A subduction zone is created where two plates converge, with one sinking into the mantle. Dynamics along the plate interface create earthquakes, magma generated above the sinking slab leads to ...

This area, called the Cascadia Subduction Zone ... The study was published in the journal Science Advances. "The models currently in use by public agencies were based on a limited set of old ...

Geologist Robert Yeats, author of 'Earthquake Time Bombs', has highlighted the risks associated with the presence of several large US cities in the Pacific Northwest's Cascadia subduction zone.

Museum experts are exploring how to bring the science dioramas of yore into the 21st century, while ensuring scientific accuracy and acknowledging past ...