These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found ...

The LLSVPs are found in what scientists refer to as "slab graveyards," where tectonic plates sink through a process called ...

Plates at subduction zones typically move just a few centimeters per year. But when accumulated stress at these convergent ...

Sedimentary rocks originally deposited on the oceanic plate are scraped off and accreted to the western edge of the continent; the initiation of this process is indicated by the deformation front in ...

Researchers found that an inactive subduction zone under the Strait of Gibraltar may begin migrating into the Atlantic Ocean, commencing the shrinking process. The zone also brings a higher risk ...

Finally, using their geodynamic mantle-flow model, they simulated the full extent of the subduction process and validated the ...

Now, scientists aim to get their clearest picture yet of the complex mechanics of our big-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone – and what sets it apart from similar systems around the planet.