Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...

Leveraging fundamental-mode Rayleigh waves (20–150 s periods), the study applied azimuthal anisotropy tomography—a technique sensitive to directional variations in seismic wave speeds caused ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...