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 ...

An international study has revealed how continental collisions may have supercharged the Earth's richest deposits of copper, ...

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 reworked pollen reduces ...

Earth surface is covered with rigid plates that move, crash into each other and dive into the planet's interior. But when did this process begin?

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

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

Possible future scenarios for the subduction zone developing off Spain's coast. Joao Duarte / Geology ...

This process, called subduction, is absent on Venus. Yet, Venus' crust does not exceed 40 miles (65 km) in thickness, a figure much lower than expected.

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 ...

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 ...