The interpretation that the subduction zone is winding down gets ahead of the science. What the new research actually shows is far more complex and interesting.
- Associate Professor, Structural Geology, McMaster University
Some of the worst risks of earthquakes are in a zone running from the Great Lakes to the St. Lawrence River that includes major cities like Toronto, Ottawa and Québec City.
New research has found that the continents ended up where they are today because of previous plate tectonic processes that controlled how Pangaea broke apart.
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