Research Article| August 14, 2019 Preface to the Focus Section on Subduction Zone Processes in the Americas Carlos A. Vargas; Carlos A. Vargas Corresponding Author aDepartment of Geosciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia at Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia 321111, cavargasj@unal.edu.co Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Susan L. Beck; Susan L. Beck bDepartment of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 East 4th Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721 U.S.A., slbeck@email.arizona.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Marino Protti; Marino Protti cObservatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica, marino.protti.quesada@una.cr Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Jaime A. Campos Jaime A. Campos dGeophysics Department, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile, Blanco Encalada 2002, Santiago, Chile, jaime@dgf.uchile.cl Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Carlos A. Vargas Corresponding Author aDepartment of Geosciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia at Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia 321111, cavargasj@unal.edu.co Susan L. Beck bDepartment of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 East 4th Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721 U.S.A., slbeck@email.arizona.edu Marino Protti cObservatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica, marino.protti.quesada@una.cr Jaime A. Campos dGeophysics Department, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile, Blanco Encalada 2002, Santiago, Chile, jaime@dgf.uchile.cl Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 14 Aug 2019 Online Issn: 1938-2057 Print Issn: 0895-0695 © Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2019) 90 (5): 1723–1725. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190173 Article history First Online: 14 Aug 2019 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Carlos A. Vargas, Susan L. Beck, Marino Protti, Jaime A. Campos; Preface to the Focus Section on Subduction Zone Processes in the Americas. Seismological Research Letters 2019;; 90 (5): 1723–1725. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190173 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search Since its development in the late 1960s and 1970s, plate tectonics has caught hold and been used to explain many fundamental processes on Earth (Vine, 1966; Oliver and Isacks, 1967; Sykes, 1967; Isacks et al., 1968; McKenzie, 1972). Plate tectonics gave rise to the concept of subduction: places where oceanic lithosphere is recycled into the mantle and the site of the largest earthquakes, devastating tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and large amounts of deformation. Although data were often sparse in the early years of plate tectonics, there was a framework in which to understand subduction.... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.