The subduction zones

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• Subduction — In geology, a subduction zone is an area on Earth where two tectonic plates meet and move towards one another, with one sliding underneath the other and moving down into the mantle, at rates typically measured in centimeters per year. An oceanic… …   Wikipedia

• subduction zone — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY The zone of convergence of two tectonic plates, one of which usually overrides the other. GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS A sloping region at collisional plate boundaries where one tectonic plate overrides another… …   Glossary of volcanic terms

• Geology of the Iberian Peninsula — The geology of the Iberian Peninsula consists of the study of the rock formations on the Iberian Peninsula, which includes Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar. The peninsula contains rocks from every age from Ediacaran to Recent, and almost… …   Wikipedia

• Cascadia subduction zone — The Cascadia subduction zone is a subduction zone, a type of convergent plate boundary that stretches from northern Vancouver Island to northern California. GeologyThe zone separates the Juan de Fuca, Explorer, Gorda and the North American Plates …   Wikipedia

• Geology of the Death Valley area — The exposed geology of the Death Valley area presents a diverse and complex story that includes at least 23 formations of sedimentary units, two major gaps in the geologic record called unconformities, and at least one distinct set of related… …   Wikipedia

• Geology of the Alps — The Alps form a part of a Tertiary orogenic belt of mountain chains, called the Alpide belt, that stretches through southern Europe and Asia from the Atlantic all the way to the Himalayas. This belt of mountain chains was formed during the Alpine …   Wikipedia

• History of the Earth — For the history of modern humans, see History of the world. Geological time put in a diagram called a geological clock, showing the relative lengths of the eons of the Earth s history The history of the Earth describes the most important events… …   Wikipedia

• Marine geology of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay — Contents 1 Introduction 2 The geological structure of the region 2.1 Malmesbury group deposition 2.1.1 Appearance of the exposed Malmesbury group rocks …   Wikipedia

• Geology of the North Sea — Contents 1 Tectonic structure 2 Precambrian 3 Finnmarkian, Athollian, Caledonian Orogenies …   Wikipedia

• Geology of the Himalaya — [ Fig 1: The earth in the Early Permian. At that time, India is part of Gondwana and bordered to the north by the Cimmerian Superterrane. Paleogeographic reconstructions. By Dèzes (1999), based on Stampfli and Borel (2002) and Patriat and Achache …   Wikipedia

• List of Zones — General Zones* Benthic Zone * Buffer Zone * Continuous Permafrost Zone * Crumple Zone * Dead Zone * Death Zone * Free Trade Zone * Hardiness Zone * Intertidal Zone * Intertropical Convergence Zone * Littoral Zone * North Frigid Zone * Pelagic… …   Wikipedia