This region contains a zone of flat slab subduction where the subducting Nazca Plate flattens at a depth of ∼100 km and extends ∼300 km eastward before continuing its descent into the mantle. We use a ...

Scientists have found remnants of an ancient seabed beneath the Nazca Plate. The discovery, described in the journal "Science ...

Abstract: The coupled plate interface of subduction zones—commonly called the seismogenic zone—has been recognized as the origin of fatal earthquakes. A subset of the after-shock series of the great ...