Research may explain mysterious deep earthquakes in subduction zones
Earthquakes that happen deep beneath the earth’s surface have long been enigmatic to geologists. Now researchers from Brown University have shown strong evidence that water squeezed out of a mineral called lawsonite could trigger these mysterious quakes.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Geologists from Brown University may have finally explained what triggers certain earthquakes that occur deep beneath the Earth’s surface in subduction zones, regions where one tectonic plate slides beneath another. (more…)