This hidden geological layer, located between 254 and 410 miles (410 and 660 kilometers) beneath the Earth’s surface, covers ...

Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...

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

The Cascadia subduction zone stretches from northern California all the way to Canada's British Columbia. It also sits under ...

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

New findings provide a greater understanding of plate subduction, or how tectonic plates slide beneath one another. This recycling of surface materials and volatile elements deep into the Earth's ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...