A 2021 study, however, investigated a relatively young subduction zone at the Puysegur Trench south of New Zealand to probe the origins of subduction. There, the subduction process got started via ...

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

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 ...

Tsunami earthquakes are characterized by the generation of disproportionately large tsunamis relative to the observed ground ...

Researchers are running new models with the updated information about the Cascadia subduction zone, ... The process is expected to unfold over the next year or two. Close Ad. Before You Leave, ...

New Zealand is the site of one of the world's youngest subduction zones, where the Pacific Plate of Earth's crust dives beneath the Australian Plate. Now, a study shows how water deep underground ...

Subduction zones take million of years to form, but they leave behind few records of how the process works. (Most of the clues end up in the mantle.) ...

In the process, they realized that the tale of the Sauk Transgression could be merely one chapter in a broader story of supercontinents, changing mantle dynamics and the rise of complex life. “You ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone looks a little different than researchers thought. Here's what that means for 'The Big One' ... The process is expected to unfold over the next year or two.