"This thickened area is like a fossilized fingerprint of an ancient piece of seafloor that subducted into the Earth ...
Researchers showed that the 1995 Kobe (Hyogo-ken Nanbu) earthquake, which struck southern Hyogo Prefecture, may have been triggered by deep underground flooding beneath Arima Hot Springs. By analyzing ...
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), a tsunami of about 50 centimeters was detected in the Yaene district on Hachijo Island about 30 minutes after the quake while smaller waves were ...
The core-mantle boundary (CMB) is a crucial interface within the Earth, marking the boundary between the outer core and the ...
The Nazca Ridge is a submarine ridge, located on the Nazca Plate off the west coast of South America. This plate and ridge are currently subducting under the South American Plate at a convergent ...
Ernst, Richard E. and Buchan, Kenneth L. 2002. Maximum size and distribution in time and space of mantle plumes: evidence from large igneous provinces. Journal of ...