1·Paul, can you remind us what a subduction zone is?
保罗,你能提醒我们什么是俯冲带吗?
2·They think that a new subduction zone might occur at the western edge of the Atlantic Ocean.
他们认为,一个新的俯冲带可能会出现在大西洋的西部边缘。
3·Assuming it had been building that fast since Darwin's day, the gap was "a likely spot for a major [magnitude-8.0 to 8.5] subduction earthquake in the coming decades," they wrote.
假设从达尔文勘察的地震起立即开始聚集压力,那么这一地震带“在未来几十年里将很可能再次发生大型(里氏8.0 - 8.5级)的俯冲地震,”他们写道。
4·Volcanism at Sabancaya is fueled by magma generated at the subduction zone between the Nazca and South American tectonic plates.
补充到萨班·卡亚火山的岩浆生成于纳斯卡板块与南美洲板块之间的俯冲区域中。
5·The geology of this part of the Andes is a result of the eastward subduction of the Nazca tectonic plate underneath South America.
该区域安第斯山脉的地质结构是纳斯卡板块向东俯冲,下穿垫在南美版块之下。