Different plate tectonic settings produce distinctive basin environments where sedimentary rocks are deposited. Download a chart to use in class and an activity for practicing with these concepts: ...
A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...
High-Resolution Anisotropic Tomography Reveals Mantle Flow Complexity and Slab-Plume Interactions, Redefining Subduction Zone ...
The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants ... One of these methods is by setting up seismographic stations to measure seismic waves as they travel through the ...
Pressure from a pool of magma has just cracked solid rock, creating a volcano-tectonic (VT) event. This type of quake produces relatively high-frequency shaking, usually between one and five ...
Nepal experienced three earthquakes on a single day: a strong quake in eastern Nepal and two milder tremors in western ...
A team of researchers led by Dr. Frank Zwaan, a scientist in the Geodynamic Modeling section at GFZ Helmholtz Center for Geosciences, present an answer to this question: using plate tectonic ...