Subduction zones mark the boundaries where one lithospheric plate descends beneath another into the mantle, driving a suite of tectonic, thermal and fluid-mediated processes. As oceanic crust is ...

In continental and subduction settings, fault zones are dynamic environments where brittle failure, fluid flow and high-strain deformation interact to produce a spectrum of metamorphic transformations ...

The trick to a successful search for fossils is finding the proper place. After all, paleontologists rarely select their sites at random. Instead, they consider an assortment of areas — comparing the ...