The Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of generating powerful earthquakes. The study found compact sediments along the coast of Washington and northern Oregon, a result that suggests that the ...

a 600-mile geologic boundary just off the Pacific Northwest coast. Along this fraught stretch, called the Cascadia Subduction Zone, two pieces of the Earth’s crust slide against each other ...

In regions of convergence, one plate can sink under another in a subduction zone, or two colliding plates can form a mountain belt. At divergent boundaries, plates move away from each other and ...

Figure 1: Map of the northern Cascadia subduction zone showing the distribution of earthquakes in the subducting ... to flexure or fragmentation of the oceanic plate as it subducts around the edges of ...

Caption A subduction zone is created where two plates converge, with one sinking into the mantle. Dynamics along the plate interface create earthquakes, magma generated above the sinking slab ...

Plates at subduction zones typically move just a few centimeters per year. But when accumulated stress at these convergent plate boundaries releases suddenly, the plates can slip several meters ...

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants of submerged plates will be found near subduction zones. However, a new high-resolution model shows that these remnants ...

These plate remains were found lurking underneath the center of other continental plates, far from tectonic boundaries ... of the lack of nearby subduction zones. A computer model visualization ...

Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated in this feature. Keep an eye on the map to see ... on divergent boundary, go to The Sea Floor Spread. Also known as subduction boundary ...