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 ...
Stretching like a colossal spine along western South America, the Andes stand as the world's longest mountain range. It spans ...
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 subduction zone near Cascadia is unraveling piece by piece. The process offers a rare glimpse into how tectonic plates die ...
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 ...
After last week’s Geysers article I got two excellent questions: what causes volcanic activity in the Clear Lake area and how does waste fluid injection at The Geysers differ from what happens in ...