Sentences with phrase «recent subduction»

Scientists believe the most recent subduction zone earthquake, a M9 event, occurred in January 1700.

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Here we are not dealing with large volcanic eruptions of the size of Pinatubo of Mount St. Helens, here we are talking about extreme events: The Toba caldera in the Sumatra subduction zone in Indonesia originated from one of the largest volcanic eruption in recent Earth history, about 74,000 years ago.

This finding has applications to the seismic hazard of these regions, as it highlights the potential for future damaging earthquakes and tsunamis at active subduction margins with no measurable recent uplift.

The recent spate of great subduction - zone quakes, of magnitude 8 or larger, began with the 2004 Sumatra earthquake.

Since then, atmospheric CO2 declined as the Indian and Atlantic Oceans have been major depocentres for carbonate and organic sediments while subduction of carbonate - rich crust has been limited mainly to small regions near Indonesia and Central America [10], thus allowing CO2 to decline to levels as low as 170 ppm during recent glacial periods [11].