In this week’s blog post, Daniel Douglas teaches us everything about poroelasticity, water in subduction zones and… sponges under the sea! Are you ready kids? Aye, aye, Captain! Why study subduction zones? “Subduction” is a process that occurs when two tectonic plates collide with each other. As long as one of the plates is an “oceanic plate”, then the denser of the two tectonic plates ...[Read More]
The giant seafloor sponge: how water ends up in subducting crust
