Researchers have discovered an unusual plume of magma beneath Oman that may have changed the course of the Indian tectonic ...

Earth’s earliest crust may have looked a lot more like the continents we know today than scientists once believed. A recent study shakes up old ideas about how Earth's surface evolved, showing that ...

Arc volcanism are widely observed in oceanic subduction zones, but their formation processes and mechanisms ... the team demonstrated the advantages of these isotopes in tracing arc magma formation.

How do metals accumulate in magma? Magmas are formed at subduction zones, where one tectonic plate descends beneath another, and where volcanoes and earthquakes are produced. We will study the ...

A modeling study suggests a slumbering subduction zone below the Gibraltar Strait is active and could break into the Atlantic Ocean in 20 million years' time, giving birth to an Atlantic "Ring of ...

Subduction zone formation is mysterious because subduction zones are, by nature, destructive. When a plate of oceanic crust dives under continental crust, the rocks at the surface twist, break and ...

Imperial researchers have observed magma taking an unexpected route beneath ... "Our knowledge of fluid and melt pathways has traditionally been focused on subduction zones around the Pacific.

The Cascadia Subduction Zone looks a little different than researchers thought. Here's what that means for 'The Big One' Although the hazards may be different, that does not mean the risk is less ...

Scientists know that the world’s continents emerged during the Archean eon, which stretched from about 4 to 2.5 billion years ago. But how they formed is a tougher question.; A new study from ...

The 1980 eruption cycle made Mount St. Helens one of the most famous volcanoes in the Cascades. But it is far from the only volcano in the range.