Sentences with phrase «called subduction zones»

In high - pressure and high - temperature X-ray measurements that were partly conducted at DESY, scientists created conditions similar to those in so - called subduction zones where an oceanic plate dives under the continental crust.

This regularity could shed light on the workings of tectonic plate boundaries called subduction zones, and it might even turn out to herald a season of heightened risk for larger quakes.

Not exact matches

Now scientists are calling attention to a dangerous area on the opposite side of the Ring of Fire, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a fault that runs parallel to the Pacific coast of North America, from northern California to Vancouver Island.

In 1964 a region of this same tectonic clash, called the Alaska — Aleutian Subduction Zone, produced the magnitude 9.2 «Good Friday» earthquake, the second - strongest quake ever recorded.

The surface where they slip is called the fault, and the system of faults comprises a subduction zone.

These findings, published by a team of scientists led by U.S. Geological Survey geologist Rob Witter in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, present strong evidence for prehistoric tsunamis in the Aleutian Islands, and call for a reevaluation of earthquake and tsunami hazards along this part of the eastern Aleutian Subduction Zone.

Sumatra's 2004 earthquake should have been a wake - up call; giant earthquakes can occur on any subduction zone, and such events will likely be accompanied by very large tsunamis.