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 ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

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 ...

A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2015 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event but triggered by a ...

Megathrust earthquakes occur when stress at subduction zones is released, causing significant plate slippage. These events disrupt long-term tectonic changes, complicating modeling efforts.

Amid Earth’s mobile tectonic plates, subduction zones arise as regions of intense geological activity and concentrate minerals into ore deposits like gold.

According to current theories about plate tectonics, there should not be subducted plate material in these areas, as it is impossible that there have been subduction zones nearby in recent ...

Waves that ripple from Earth's centre can be used to sense what it's made of, and where those materials might be found.

"Apparently, such zones in the Earth's mantle are much more widespread than previously thought," says Earth scientist Thomas Schouten from ETH Zurich. Schouten thinks these inexplicable chunks ...