A global reanalysis of both short- and long-term deformation clarifies how obliquity affects strain partitioning in convergent plate boundaries.

On February 10, 2025, an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 on the Richter scale occurred in district of Kota Marudu, Sabah.

in the Tonga Trench. One of the deepest oceanic trenches in the world, it plays a vital role in global ocean circulation. Formed at the convergent boundary where the Pacific Plate subducts beneath ...

The volcano was birthed when the Pacific Plate started subducting itself into the Marina Trench mantle ... a greater understanding of plate tectonics, the kind of rocks existing there, and ...

To the south lies a subduction trench where old oceanic crust subducts ... plate entirely located in one country. The Anatolian plate is moving southwest into the Aegean Sea. The northern boundary, ...

Plus, some yards don't have clearly defined boundaries, making it difficult to decide on a ... Space the posts 8 to 12 feet apart, and drive them until the anchor plate is well-established in the ...

Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

The successful development of sustainable georesources for the energy transition is a key challenge for humankind in the 21st ...

Jack Brownlee and Charlie Howkins died after a trench they were working near at Ballarat collapsed in 2018. A coroner has found their deaths — caused by their employer's "unsafe work practices ...