The Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Pacific Northwest is overdue for an earthquake – and when it happens, coastal ...

Earth's "gold kitchen" lies deep beneath the seafloor. Island arcs, whose volcanoes form above subduction zones where one ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is “unusually quiet,” for a megathrust fault, making it more difficult for scientists to ...

Because of interactions with Earth's hot mantle, water-logged oceanic plates release water as they slide beneath less dense overriding plates in subduction zones. This water rises and hydrates the ...

Learn how subduction zones become enriched in gold through repeated melting of Earth's mantle.

Tremors beneath Northern California show hidden plate movement, helping scientists better understand where future big ...

Deep beneath island arcs, new research suggests that gold enrichment originates from repeated, high-degree melting of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This satellite-based model of Earth shows the tectonic boundaries (yellow lines) in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The San Andreas ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. New research suggests the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone could produce devastating ...

The Pacific Northwest coast has been living under the shadow of the 620-mile-long Cascadia Subduction Zone, where the Juan de ...

(a) Geological units and earthquake distribution of an oceanic subduction zone. The orange shadow beneath the volcanic arc represents partially molten areas and magma channels. (b) Thermal structure ...