Oman ophiolite study suggests subduction zones can lock away CO₂

A research team led by a Keele scientist has shed new light on how a mysterious rock formation in Oman was created, which could reveal new details about Earth's ability to store carbon dioxide (CO2).

Stress-testing the Cascadia Subduction Zone reveals variability that could impact how earthquakes spread

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is unusually quiet for a megathrust fault. Spanning more than 600 miles from Canada to ...
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The Cascadia Subduction Zone looks a little different than researchers thought. Here's what that means for 'The Big One'

Newly-released research led by the University of Washington (UW) showed that a feature scientists hypothesized was present along the Cascadia Subduction Zone is missing in places. What does that mean ...
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Revealing deformation mechanisms of the mineral antigorite in subduction zones

Researchers reveal grain boundary sliding as a formation mechanism for the crystal preferred orientation of antigorite and elucidate the formation and development of B-type antigorite CPO patterns.
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Why oceanic subduction zones show contrasting seismicity

(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 ...
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Scientists Observe The ‘Death’ Of A Tectonic Plate For The First Time

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Oct 29, 2025, 03:16pm EDT Nov 01, 2025, 01:11pm EDT For the first ...
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Goodbye to the stable image of the planet’s interior—a seismic model reveals something beneath the Pacific Ocean that geophysicists did not expect to find

Deep under the Pacific Ocean, between 900 and 1,200 km deep, scientists have discovered something that doesn’t fit with what textbooks say about our planet.