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

Tsunamis have hit Washington and the Puget Sound region in the past, and they will happen again in the future.

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 ...

Recent research report by Live Science suggests that a dormant subduction zone beneath the ... a new geological phenomenon akin to the Pacific Ocean's 'Ring of Fire.' ...

What happens, then, to keep the Earth the same size? The answer is subduction. In locations around the world, ocean crust subducts, or slides under, other pieces of Earth's crust. The boundary ...

Conducted by researchers from Ocean University of China and Tohoku ... by slab rollback—challenges conventional models of subduction-driven circulation. The Tonga Subduction Zone, characterized ...