The theory of Plate tectonics – developed from Alfred Wegener’s theory of Continental Drift to explain the movement of the continents – has become the prevailing theory underpinning our understanding ...

Papers presented in a special symposium at the joint annual meeting of the Geological and Mineralogical Associations of Canada at St. John's in May, 1974. Contents Tectonic settings for emplacement of ...

Destructive plate boundaries involve two plates moving towards each other. The heavier plate is forced down below the lighter plate, into the mantle, where it melts. The molten rock rises up to the ...

Slow earthquakes are long-period earthquakes that are not so dangerous alone, but are able to trigger more destructive earthquakes. Their origins lie in tectonic plate boundaries where one plate ...

Evidence that a complete stress release may have contributed to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake that broke records. Both sedimentary formations above and below the plate boundary fault lie in the stress ...

Japan is a developed country in Asia. On 16th March 2022 a 7.3 earthquake struck the country. The plate boundaries around Japan are complex as the joining of four plates (the North America plate, ...