[BenLurkin]

Wish I knew what this means for potential earthquakes.

[Paladin2]

What does this mean for biotic/abiotic Hydrocarbon formation?

[BenLurkin]

This 3-D image renders the mountainous topography of the western U.S. and the ancient oceanic plate from the surface down to a depth of 1,500 kilometers (color changes in depth increments of 200 km). (Karin Sigloch / Nature / April 3, 2013)

[Sequoyah101]

I think it is pretty safe to say that this discovery will have no bearing on future earthquakes and that they will continue unabated.

[Boogieman]

“The plate slabs, according to lead author and geophysicist Karin Sigloch, resemble near-vertical walls, hundreds of feet thick.”

Near vertical plates buried deep within the continental crust... sounds kind of like Hydroplate theory.

[Standing Wolf]

...the process was roughly similar to the way groceries pile up at the end of a supermarket conveyor belt.

I suspected all along there had to be a reason all the loose junk and damaged goods ended up in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

[JoeProBono]