‘Same-dip double subduction’ results in mountains that are shaped by faraway forces

A team of geoscientists has identified a subtle but powerful force driving mountain building and compression of Earth’s crust in Japan and neighboring regions. The so-called same-dip double subduction (SDDS) in nearby oceanic trenches has effects reaching hundreds and thousands of kilometers away from the zone of subduction.

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