Boulder, Colo., USA: GSA’s dynamic online journal, Geosphere, posts articles online regularly. Topics include Farallon plate subduction; 3-D digital outcrop scanning and modeling; and the Cerro Blanco ...
Plate tectonics in the Pacific and Atlantic during the Cretaceous period shaped the Caribbean region
The concurrent subduction of the Pacific and Atlantic plates resulted in the formation of a mantle plum and the ascent of magma. Credit: Nicolas Riel Earthquakes and volcanism occur as a result of ...
A tectonic plate that disappeared under North America millions of years ago still peeks out in central California and Mexico, new research finds. The Farallon oceanic plate was once nestled between ...
Earthquakes and volcanism occur as a result of plate tectonics. The movement of tectonic plates themselves is largely driven by the process known as subduction. The question of how new active ...
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Scientists record first-of-its-kind tectonic plate rupture within the Pacific Ocean
For the first time in history, scientists have observed the rupture of a tectonic plate in a subduction zone in real time.
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