In the present-day ocean, there are several early-stage subduction zones with differential geological records, for example, the Puysegur subduction zone to the south of New Zealand. This SI ...

This study, published in Earth and Planetary Physics, explores the subduction thermal state, slab metamorphism, and seismic ...

Huang says finding active areas of subduction zones where earthquakes tend to occur, and examining why earthquakes occur in these areas, can help researchers devise better earthquake warning systems.

One example of these areas is in the western Pacific, where the presence of a submerged plate should be impossible, as there’s been no subduction zone nearby in recent geologic history.