New findings provide a greater understanding of plate subduction, or how tectonic plates slide beneath one another. This recycling of surface materials and volatile elements deep into the Earth's ...
Our world’s surface is a jumble of jostling tectonic plates, with new ones emerging as others are pulled under. The ongoing cycle keeps our continents in motion and drives life on Earth. But what ...
Hosted on MSN
Sink or swim: The fate of sinking tectonic plates depends on their ancient tectonic histories
Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates as they plunge deep into ...
Tectonic setting and seismic networks used in this study. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08754-0 Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback