Piecing together the puzzle of the Hikurangi subduction zone
Expedition 375 is part of a much larger research effort to piece together the story of the Hikurangi Subduction Zone….
Two observatories give us stereo vision inside the slow slip zone
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Guest Blog: Hannah Rabinowitz
Growing up in New Mexico, it’s hard to avoid the sheer majesty of the Earth and the enormity of geologic…
Deep in the Hikurangi Subduction Zone
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Hearing the creaks and groans of the Hikurangi Subduction Zone
What is special about the northern Hikurangi Subduction Zone? Subduction Zones are where two tectonic plates collide, and one of…
The Hanging Wall of Hikurangi
The JOIDES Resolution vessel is now at our first site, which has the exciting name of U1518. You can sense…
Live science: first results of ocean drilling 362 expedition
When earthquakes happen in the ocean, they can displace huge volumes of water and cause tsunamis. This was the case…
Making Mud Matter (the art of Science Communication)
We’ve had a lull in core samples over the past several days on the JR, so things have been pretty…
Incoming! Oblique Subduction at the Sunda Subduction Zone
The Indian and Australian Plates plow northeast into the Sumatra subduction zone, part of the larger Sunda subduction zone, at a…
What does it mean?
In school, students learn the basic facts of plate tectonics. They usually can tell you that there are something called plates…