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 ...

While some plates have persisted for hundreds of millions of years, others have vanished, sinking into the mantle in a process known as subduction. Now, a team of researchers has confirmed the ...

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 ...