subduction

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This area marks the meeting point of the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone, a place capable of producing powerful and destructive earthquakes.

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2026

"Getting a subduction zone started is like trying to push a train uphill -- it takes a huge effort," said Brandon Shuck, a geologist at Louisiana State University and lead author of the study.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2025

Transform boundaries -- the faults where plates slide past each other -- act like natural scissors, slicing across the plate and isolating fragments that form new microplates while subduction continues nearby.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2025

New research offers the theory that the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone could produce devastating back-to-back earthquake disasters.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

There, the Pacific Plate slides beneath the North American Plate in what’s known as a subduction fault.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland