Subduction occurs when two tectonic plates collide, and one is forced under the other. Where oceanic and continental plates meet, the denser oceanic plates normally subduct and descend into the ...

The research, recently published in the prestigious journal Science Advances, produced the most detailed picture researchers have yet of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, an area spanning more than ...

Jiaqi Fang and colleagues describe a new subduction model that can better capture both long-term tectonics and short-term earthquakes and that agrees with existing observations. The model combines ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone has historically produced 8.0 or larger magnitude earthquakes every 400 to 600 years, with the last striking in 1700. This suggests the 'sleeping giant' is poised for ...

Portugal scientists predict the 'Ring of Fire' subduction zone beneath the Gibraltar Strait may lead to the Atlantic Ocean's closure in 20 million years, reshaping the planet's geological landscape.