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 ...

They investigated seismic anisotropy in the upper part of the lower mantle beneath the Philippine ... to the slab subduction, because they occur away from the present subduction zones.

The series of earthquakes that rocked northwestern Luzon last month highlighted “the region’s risk to geologic hazards,” with the Philippine ... studied subduction zone west of Luzon tagged ...