A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...

Since 2022, the underwater volcano of Home Reef has repeatedly emerged, adding hectares of land to the Tonga archipelago.

Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds ...

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 leads to ...

International scientists reveal that magma transports gold from the mantle to the surface by means of a sulfur complex.

The vast quantity of volcanoes and earthquakes along the Pacific Ring of Fire exists largely thanks to the many subduction ...

A global reanalysis of both short- and long-term deformation clarifies how obliquity affects strain partitioning in convergent plate boundaries.

Subduction zones are "characterized by intense geological ... (The Pacific Ocean's Ring of Fire is where the majority of Earth's volcanoes and earthquakes take place.) "Studying Gibraltar is ...

Located in the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone, Home Reef is at the heart of one of the most active regions on the planet in terms of volcanism. This zone, where three tectonic plates meet, is known ...