Geodynamics A tight squeeze between tectonic plates The largest earthquakes occur at subduction zones, where one plate descends beneath another into the underlying mantle, at a convergent plate boundary. Some subduction zones seem to host more large
Publications Craton Formation and the Onset of Plate Tectonics Cratons are anomalously-strong regions of the continents that have largely resisted tectonic forces for billions of years. How such strong…