Paul Bodin Jody Bourgeois Susan Cashman Darrel Cowan Kenneth C. Creager Brendan Crowell Alison Duvall Arthur D. Frankel Frank I. Gonzalez Heidi Houston Paul Johnson Harvey Kelsey Una Miller Emily C. Roland David Schmidt Lydia M. Staisch John Vidale William Wilcock Erin Wirth Joan S. Gomberg 2016 <p><span>Subduction zones contain many of Earth&rsquo;s most remarkable geologic structures, from the deepest oceanic trenches to glacier-covered mountains and steaming volcanoes. These environments formed through spectacular events: Nature&rsquo;s largest earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions are born here.</span></p> application/pdf 10.1029/2016EO052635 en American Geophysical Union Building a subduction zone observatory article