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Earth is splitting open beneath the Pacific Northwest, scientists say

For the first time, scientists have watched a subduction zone literally fall apart beneath the ocean floor. Using advanced ...

Scientists have recorded the process of splitting the tectonic plate in the Pacific Ocean

Scientists have recorded the process of disintegration of the subduction zone. A study led by specialists from Louisiana State University and the Lamont-Doherty Observatory at Columbia University has ...

Earth’s crust is breaking up under Cascadia, study finds

For the first time, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone breaking apart deep beneath the ocean, offering a ...
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When did plate subduction begin on Earth?

New research published recently in the journal Science Advances considers the process of tectonic plate subduction. The study is a collaboration between scientists at the Scripps Institution of ...
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Early-stage subduction invasion

Our planet's lithosphere is broken into several tectonic plates. Their configuration is ever-shifting, as supercontinents are assembled and broken up, and oceans form, grow, and then start to close in ...
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It’s been 323 years since the last Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. How prepared are you for the ‘Big One?’

It’s the 323rd anniversary of the last Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. We spend a fair amount of time thinking about the ‘Big One’ (and the ‘Really Big One’) in the Pacific Northwest. Today is ...