(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 ...
Subduction zones mark the boundaries where one lithospheric plate descends beneath another into the mantle, driving a suite of tectonic, thermal and fluid-mediated processes. As oceanic crust is ...
Recent seismic imaging off Vancouver Island has revealed something extraordinary: a tear in the subducting oceanic plate beneath the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The finding briefly raised the public's ...