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, ...

Crushed resistance: Tectonic plate sinking into a subduction zone Date: November 11, 2021 Source: ETH Zurich Summary: Geophysicists can use a new model to explain the behavior of a tectonic plate ...

Subduction is thus a key process of the tectonics and geodynamics of the Earth. However, the formation mechanism of a new subduction zone, i.e. subduction initiation (SI), is widely debated.

Broadly, this study shows that subduction invasion, the process whereby a new subduction zone forms in an exterior ocean and then migrates to an interior ocean, is likely a common mechanism of ...

A modeling study suggests a slumbering subduction zone below the Gibraltar Strait is active and could break into the Atlantic Ocean in 20 million years' time, giving birth to an Atlantic "Ring of ...

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.