But how do they form and why are they concentrated there? (A) Diagram of a subduction zone illustrating the transfer of gold and sulfur from the subducting slab through the mantle to the upper crust ...

Museum experts are exploring how to bring the science dioramas of yore into the 21st century, while ensuring scientific accuracy and acknowledging past ...

Volcanoes have stirred human awe for thousands of years, with their bursts of fire and rivers of molten rock. Yet, beyond the ...

When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How far will the magma go, and will it erupt? But even long after the ...

The Hikurangi Subduction Zone is where the Pacific plate drops westward under the Australian plate. It sits just off the east coast of the North Island. Subduction zones generate the largest ...

Geologist Robert Yeats, author of 'Earthquake Time Bombs', has highlighted the risks associated with the presence of several large US cities in the Pacific Northwest's Cascadia subduction zone.

While this causes “strike slip” quakes that are normally less powerful than those seen in “subduction zones” like Indonesia’s Sumatra, where one plate slides under another, they can ...