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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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