Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

Tectonic plates are massive slabs of Earth's lithosphere that float atop the semi-fluid mantle, constantly shifting and ...

Possible future scenarios for the subduction zone developing off Spain's coast. Joao Duarte / Geology. June 14, 2013, 1:01 PM EDT. By Science. By Becky Oskin. LiveScience.

A subduction zone near Gibraltar may move into the Atlantic, creating an "Atlantic ring of fire" before the ocean begins to close.

A new study does the difficult task of trying to piece together the history of the world’s largest subduction zone.

Boulder, Colo., USA: Article topics and locations include lagoon infilling by coral reef sand aprons as a proxy for carbonate sediment productivity; mobilization of tin during subduction; and ...

Underground ‘sub-continents’ may rewrite geology textbooks. ... Schematic representation of the process of subduction of tectonic plates and of a mantle plume rising from an LLSVP.

While geologists typically study subduction by examining rock samples and sediments found on Earth's surface, Wang worked with Geology Professor Vedran Lekic and Associate Professor Nicholas ...

A new subduction zone, where one of Earth's tectonic plates dives beneath another, ... Geology Tectonic plates can spread subduction like a contagion — jumping from one oceanic plate to another.