subduction
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"This is the first time we have a clear picture of a subduction zone caught in the act of dying," said Shuck.
From Science Daily
When the massive subduction zone lying under the Pacific Northwest shifts, it does so violently.
From Science Daily
New research offers the theory that the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone could produce devastating back-to-back earthquake disasters.
From Los Angeles Times
They are two of the West Coast’s most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: the San Andreas fault in California and the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of California’s North Coast, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.
From Los Angeles Times
Longer seismic ruptures have been found only on subduction megathrusts deep underneath the ocean.
From Los Angeles Times
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