Research has provided new insight into the tectonic plate shifts that create some of the Earth's largest earthquakes and tsunamis. "This is the first study to employ coastal geology to reconstruct the ...

(a) Geological units and earthquake distribution of an oceanic subduction zone. The orange shadow beneath the volcanic arc represents partially molten areas and magma channels. (b) Thermal structure ...

How microcontinents successively migrated from Gondwana to Eurasia is paramount in understanding the Mesozoic evolution of the Tethys Ocean. The rifting and collision events and their potential spatio ...

Subduction zones are cornerstone components of plate tectonics, with one plate sliding beneath another back into Earth's mantle. But the very beginning of this process—subduction initiation—remains ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate slides beneath another, produce the most devastating seismic, volcanic, and landslide hazards on the planet. A new report presents an ambitious plan to make ...

Remobilization of sedimentary carbonate in subduction zones modulates arc volcanism emissions and thus Earth’s climate over geological timescales. Although limestones (or chalk) are thought to be the ...