Scientists have discovered an unusually thick mantle transition zone beneath the Lesser Antilles. This discovery sheds new light on how oceanic plates sink into the Earth's mantle. Variations ...

New findings provide a greater understanding of plate subduction, or how tectonic plates ... that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the ...

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Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Scientists previously assumed the Indian plate slid smoothly beneath Asia. The process was assumed to lift the mountains ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates as they plunge deep into ...

oceanic plates subduct beneath a variety of overriding plate (OP) styles, from relatively thin and negatively buoyant oceanic OPs to thick and neutrally/positively buoyant continental OPs. The ...

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

A subduction zone occurs when an oceanic plate moves beneath a continental plate. To see active faults in Washington, click here. DNR says most of the populated areas of Washington have a 40% to ...