Himalaya, represents a continuous geological record from the Jurassic to Eocene period (≈201 to 34 million years ago).

Scientists discovered Hawaii’s deep mantle plume is splitting, which may create two future volcanic island chains.

Scientists warn that the plate beneath Gibraltar arc will begin to shift toward the Atlantic within 20 million years.

There’s a beach in Oregon where ancient tree stumps rise from the sand like nature’s own sculpture garden, and no, you ...

Understanding the world’s most active seismic and volcanic belt for geography optional and Civil Services preparation.

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is unusually quiet for a megathrust fault. Spanning more than 600 miles from Canada to California, the fault marks the convergence of the Juan de Fuca and North American ...

Columnist note: This week marks the 326-year anniversary of the Jan., 26, 1700, magnitude-9 megathrust earthquake and associated tsunami that hit the Olympic Peninsula. Science tells us it was caused ...

The Rocky Mountain chain is a fascinating geologic formation, as it (at least, at first glance) defies some basic geological rules, including that most mountain ranges form subduction zones. A new ...

A “ghost forest” off the coast of Oregon is all that’s left of trees believed to have died during the last Cascadia subduction zone earthquake. Credit: iStock ...

For decades, the end-stage life of a subduction zone existed only in theory. Now, for the first time in geologic history, scientists are bearing witness to the Juan de Fuca Plate tearing apart and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Tomorrow marks the International Shakeout, when millions of people around the world will hold earthquake drills. In Oregon, the event coincides with a major discovery by local ...

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