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seismology

1 entry tagged seismology. All writing.

TECHNOLOGY · SEPTEMBER 26, 2026 A Subduction Zone Caught in the Act of Dying A Science Advances study led by Brandon Shuck of Louisiana State University images a tear opening in the Cascadia subduction zone's Nootka Fault Zone off northern Vancouver Island, where the subducting slab has already dropped about 5 kilometres — evidence, the authors argue, that subduction zones can shut down piece by piece rather than all at once.