(a) Subduction of the reconstructed northern part of the Indian plate during the late Eocene. (b) A piece of subducted Indian lithosphere was detached and then sank into the MTZ seen as fast-velocity ...

This study is led by Dr. Jian Lin (Southern University of Science and Technology) and Dr. Fan Zhang (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences). “Water is crucial to ...

Subduction, a crucial geological process on Earth, may have begun hundreds of millions of years earlier than traditionally believed. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates.