The Aleutian subduction zone is a 2,500 mi (4,000 km) long convergent boundary between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate, that extends from...

in Peru and Japan of that year. A megathrust earthquake on the Aleutian subduction zone in the North Pacific Ocean was hypothesized as the tsunami's source...

of the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate along the Aleutian Trench. Although taking its name from the Aleutian Islands...

faulting on the Aleutian subduction zone where the Pacific plate subducts underneath the North American plate, forming the Aleutian Trench and Arc. This...

area today. The western side of the basin lies directly above the Aleutian subduction zone where the Pacific Plate is subducting beneath the North American...

it runs along the margin of the continent. The subduction along the trench gives rise to the Aleutian Arc, a volcanic island arc, where it runs through...

arc sections is found behind the Aleutian Trench subduction zone in Alaska. Volcanoes that occur above subduction zones, such as Mount St. Helens, Mount...

collision boundaries. Subduction zones occur where an oceanic plate meets a continental plate and is pushed underneath it. Subduction zones are marked by oceanic...

Rondenay S. (2005). "Characterization of Seismicity of Alaska/Aleutian Subduction Zone". American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005, Abstract #T33B-0540...

Alaska and Kamchatka. They are situated along the Aleutian Trench as they were formed by the active subduction of the oceanic Pacific plate underneath the continental...

and subduction jumped south to its current location at c. 56 Ma. The Aleutian island arc formed in the Early Eocene (55–50 Ma) when the subduction of the...

Trench, or individually the Aleutian Trench or Peru–Chile Trench. Another possible area could be the Lesser Antilles subduction zone. A study reported in 2016...

trenches associated with the Ring of Fire's subduction zones are: Peru–Chile Trench Middle America Trench Aleutian Trench Kuril–Kamchatka Trench Japan Trench...

along convergent plate boundaries, particularly at subduction zones. Examples of subduction zones include the Sumatra and Java trenches, Nankai Trough...

beneath adjacent oceanic crust. The Aleutian Islands and adjoining Alaskan Peninsula are an example of such a subduction zone. The active front of a volcanic...

collision of the Kula/Pacific plate with the Alaskan/Aleutian resulted in the initiation of subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath Alaska, with no sign...

are the Quaternary stratovolcanoes along the Aleutian Arc associated with the Aleutian subduction zone.: 17–18  The 1912 Novarupta eruption was characterized...

involve oblique subduction, particularly in the Ring of Fire including the Ryukyu, Aleutian, Central America and Chile subduction zones. In general, the...

beneath the North American Plate. Subduction of the Kula Plate came to a halt following the formation of the Aleutian Trench situated to its south. The...

process known as subduction. The subduction zone can be defined by a plane where many earthquakes occur, called the Wadati–Benioff zone. These collisions...

system.The block subducts between this fault system and the Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone. The thickness of the Yakutat Block varies, ranging from approximately...

Mendocino Triple Junction, where three tectonic plates meet. The Cascadia Subduction Zone intersects the San Andreas fault at the Mendocino Triple Junction....

The 1700 Cascadia earthquake occurred along the Cascadia subduction zone on January 26, 1700, with an estimated moment magnitude of 8.7–9.2. The megathrust...

The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) (/ˈmædrɪd/), sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate...

junction. In the Kamchatka-Aleutian junction, the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench meets the Aleutian Trench. The former is a subduction zone while the latter is a transform...

strike of the subduction zone. There are several other flat slab segments that warrant a mention: Alaskan: 145–150 degrees W along the Aleutian Trench associated...

Southern Siberia, Russia) Western Aleutian Subduction Zone Gobi Altai (Mongolia) "Big Bend" of the San Andreas Fault Zone, (California, USA) Alpine Fault...

along the strike of a single subduction zone (e.g. Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula). Cascade Volcanic Arc. The Aleutian Arc, with both oceanic and...

Antarctica Subduction zones – A geological process at convergent tectonic plate boundaries where one plate moves under the other Aleutian subduction zone – Convergence...

Japan Trench in the southwest. The trench formed as a result of the subduction zone, which formed in the late Cretaceous, that created the Kuril island...