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Dead tree trunks and stumps stand along a shoreline
Posted inScience Updates

Swipe Left on the “Big One”: Better Dates for Cascadia Quakes

by J. K. Pearl and L. Staisch 20 August 202111 May 2022

Improving our understanding of hazards posed by future large earthquakes on the Cascadia Subduction Zone requires advancements in the methods and sampling used to date and characterize past events.

Puysegur海沟
Posted inResearch Spotlights

俯冲起始可能取决于构造板块的历史

by David Shultz 28 July 20215 October 2022

对Puyssegur海沟的最新地震成像研究旨在解决板块构造的一个最主要问题。

Diagram of megathrust earthquakes resulting from different material contrast scenarios
Posted inEditors' Highlights

The Highs and the Lows of Megathrust Earthquakes

by T. Parsons 21 July 20212 December 2022

Why does low-frequency energy come from the shallow part of ruptures, and the high frequencies from deep?

Diagram showing high velocity slabs in the lower mantle beneath South America's present position and profile showing the westward motion of South America.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Previous Intra-oceanic Subduction Found Beneath South America?

by M. Assumpção 9 July 202127 January 2023

Newly mapped fast velocity slabs in the lower mantle may be remnants of westward dipping intra-oceanic subduction, before flipping to the present eastward subduction beneath South America at 85 Ma.

The Puysegur Trench
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Subduction Initiation May Depend on a Tectonic Plate’s History

by David Shultz 21 June 202118 January 2022

New seismic imaging study of the Puysegur Trench aims to solve one of the last major questions in plate tectonics.

Figure showing a thermal model of a subduction zone with the relatively cold (blue) oceanic plate sinking into the comparatively hot (red) mantle.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Diamonds Are at Fault

by V. Salters 26 May 202122 September 2022

Deep-seated earthquakes in subduction zones are related to diamond formation.

Map of the eastern Mediterranean showing modeled wave height from a magnitude 7.7 normal fault earthquake sourced offshore of southern Crete.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Was the AD 365 Mediterranean Earthquake Normal?

by T. Parsons 10 May 202114 September 2022

The great AD 365 earthquake at Crete has implied a locked Hellenic subduction zone that can produce more earthquakes to threaten Mediterranean coastlines. But what if wasn’t a subduction zone event?

Steam and gas rise from a volcano on the island of Java, Indonesia.
Posted inScience Updates

Earth’s Volatile Balancing Act

by J. D. Muirhead, S. Naif, T. P. Fischer and D. J. Shillington 24 March 20213 November 2021

How do greenhouse gases and water circulate from minerals deep below Earth’s surface into the atmosphere and oceans—and then back again? Our understanding continues to evolve.

Photo taken from the International Space Station of Shikoku Island and other parts of Japan
Posted inResearch Spotlights

An Innovative Approach for Investigating Subduction Slip Budgets

by David Shultz 19 February 202118 January 2022

A new 3D model offers a state-of-the-art look at the full spectrum of slip behaviors in the Nankai subduction zone off Japan.

Map view of the topography of Central America and surrounding ocean basins
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Subduction May Recycle Less Water Than Thought

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 12 February 202127 January 2023

A new analysis of seismic data from the Middle America Trench suggests that previous calculations have vastly overestimated the total amount of water transported to the mantle worldwide.

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