This study, published in Earth and Planetary Physics, explores the subduction thermal state, slab metamorphism, and seismic ...

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

Late Cretaceous left-lateral strike-slip faulting indicates a major change in the subduction direction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate beneath Eurasia, according to a method that uses zircon (U-Th)/He ...

Washington hasn’t seen a major earthquake since the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually earthquake in 2001. The Cascadia Subduction Zone, ...

A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...

The Tigard Police and Public Works departments presented their plans to build a new, shared facility on Saturday at City Hall ...

High-Resolution Anisotropic Tomography Reveals Mantle Flow Complexity and Slab-Plume Interactions, Redefining Subduction Zone ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous, continent-sized structures known as LLVPs. Scientists once believed these ...

Sometimes they pull apart at divergent boundaries, and sometimes they push together at convergent boundaries. When plates come together at convergent boundaries, they often slide under each other, ...

This earthquake is larger than much of the recent seismic activity around western Washington, per initial reports.