TECTONICS

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It's the rain's fault
May 04, 2016 (SPX)
Rainwater may play an important role in the process that triggers earthquakes, according to new research. Researchers from the University of Southampton, GNS Sc...
Hi-tech opens up Earth's secrets
Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)
JCU's Dr Rob Holm applied modern technology to existing geological data. He said the results open up completely new and original interpretations of geological p...
Calculating dispersal from unique submarine hot spring ecosystems
Mar 23, 2016 (SPX)
Deep below the ocean's surface are hydrothermal vent fields, or submarine hot springs that can reach temperatures of up to 400 C. These fields are surrounded by...
Geologists discover how Australia's highest mountain was created
Mar 18, 2016 (SPX)
Geologists from the University of Sydney and the California Institute of Technology have solved the mystery of how Australia's highest mountain - Mount Kosciusz...
Faults control the amount of water into the Earth during continental breakup
Mar 08, 2016 (SPX)
New light has been shed on the processes by which ocean water enters the solid Earth during continental breakup. Research led by geoscientists at the University...
New study pinpoints stress factor of mega-earthquake off Japan
Mar 04, 2016 (SPX)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego researchers published new findings on the role geological rock formations offshore of Japan played in producin...
Mariana Trench: 7 miles deep, the ocean is still a noisy place
Mar 03, 2016 (SPX)
For what may be the first time, scientists have eavesdropped on the deepest part of the world's oceans and instead of finding a sea of silence, they discovered ...
Breaking the strongest link triggered Big Baja Earthquake
Feb 18, 2016 (SPX)
A spate of major earthquakes on small faults could overturn traditional views about how earthquakes start, according to a study from researchers at the Centro d...
Research may explain mysterious deep earthquakes in subduction zones
Feb 04, 2016 (SPX)
Geologists from Brown University may have finally explained what triggers certain earthquakes that occur deep beneath the Earth's surface in subduction zones, r...
New study zeros in on plate tectonics' start date
Jan 22, 2016 (SPX)
Earth has some special features that set it apart from its close cousins in the solar system, including large oceans of liquid water and a rich atmosphere with ...
Scientists detect deep carbon emissions associated with continental rifting
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists at the University of New Mexico conducted research to effectively study carbon emissions through fault systems in the East African Rift (EAR) in an e...
Scientists show why Himalayas grow
Jan 12, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of scientists has shed new light on the earthquake that devastated Nepal in April 2015, killing more than 8,000 people. A study published ...
Nepal landslides in Nepal raise parallels for Pacific Northwest
Jan 12, 2016 (SPX)
Research teams have evaluated the major 7.8 magnitude subduction zone earthquake in Gorkha, Nepal, in April 2015, and identified characteristics that may be of ...
An apatite for progress
Jan 06, 2016 (SPX)
Apatite has recently gained considerable attention as a mineral with many uses within the Earth and planetary sciences. Apatite chemistry has recently given new...
Reptile fossils offer clues about elevation history of Andes Mountains
Dec 30, 2015 (SPX)
On an arid plateau in the Andes Mountains of southern Bolivia, a Case Western Reserve University researcher flagged what turned out to be the fossil remains of ...
Mystery of heat loss from the Earth's crust has been solved
Dec 24, 2015 (SPX)
The first discovery of a new type of hydrothermal vent system in a decade helps explain the long observed disconnect between the theoretical rate at which the E...
Studies of Recent and Ancient Nepal Quakes Yield Surprises
Dec 19, 2015 (JPL)
The devastating magnitude 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake in April 2015 triggered far fewer landslides and much less damage to glacial lakes than expected; while i...
Catastrophic medieval earthquakes in the Nepal
Dec 19, 2015 (SPX)
Pokhara, the second largest town of Nepal, has been built on massive debris deposits, which are associated with strong medieval earthquakes. Three quakes, in 11...
The patchy weather in the center of the Earth
Dec 18, 2015 (SPX)
The temperature 3,000 kilometres below the surface of the Earth is much more varied than previously thought, scientists have found. The discovery of the regiona...
Age of blueschist is not an indicator of when plate tectonics began
Dec 18, 2015 (SPX)
One of the big mysteries in the history of the Earth is the emergence of plate tectonics. When exactly did the processes of plate tectonics begin that today inv...
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