TECTONICS - INDO DAILY

Jun 21, 2013 (SPX)

A new subduction zone forming off the coast of Portugal heralds the beginning of a cycle that will see the Atlantic Ocean close as continental Europe moves clos...

Seismic gap outside of Istanbul

Jun 21, 2013 (SPX)

Earthquake researchers have now identified a 30 kilometers long and ten kilometers deep area along the North Anatolian fault zone just south of Istanbul that co...

Canadian scientists apply new methods to better understand Pacific coast earthquakes

Jun 17, 2013 (SPX)

Understanding the size and frequency of large earthquakes along the Pacific coast of North America is of great importance, not just to scientists, but also to g...

Geologists say tectonic activity could bring Europe, America closer

Jun 17, 2013 (UPI)

A subduction zone forming off the coast of Portugal is the beginning of a cycle that will eventually see Europe move closer to America, geologists say. Research...

'Caldas tear' resolves puzzling seismic activity beneath Colombia

Jun 13, 2013 (SPX)

Colombia sits atop a complex geological area where three tectonic plates are interacting, producing seismicity patterns that have puzzled seismologists for year...

New Explanation for Slow Earthquakes on San Andreas

Jun 05, 2013 (SPX)

New Zealand's geologic hazards agency reported this week an ongoing, "silent" earthquake that began in January is still going strong. Though it is releasing the...

Slow earthquakes: It's all in the rock mechanics

May 22, 2013 (SPX)

Earthquakes that last minutes rather than seconds are a relatively recent discovery, according to an international team of seismologists. Researchers have been ...

Western Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami hazard potential greater than previously thought

May 15, 2013 (SPX)

Earthquakes similar in magnitude to the 2004 Sumatra earthquake could occur in an area beneath the Arabian Sea at the Makran subduction zone, according to recen...

After a violent youth, Earth said getting calmer in middle age

May 07, 2013 (UPI)

Earth endured a tectonic upheaval 1.1 billion years ago that saw the world's continents collide and form a single supercontinent, Australian researchers say. It...

Constructive collisions

Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)

The mountain ranges of the North American Cordillera are made up of dozens of distinct crustal blocks. A new study clarifies their mode of origin and identifies...

Earth is 'Lazy' When Forming Faults Like Those Near San Andreas

Apr 06, 2013 (SPX)

Geoscientist Michele Cooke and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst take an uncommon, "Earth is lazy" approach to modeling fault development in...

Congestion in the Earth's mantle

Apr 03, 2013 (SPX)

The Earth is dynamic. What we perceive as solid ground beneath our feet, is in reality constantly changing. In the space of a year Africa and America are drifti...

Scripps scientists image deep magma beneath Pacific seafloor volcano

Apr 02, 2013 (SPX)

Since the plate tectonics revolution of the 1960s, scientists have known that new seafloor is created throughout the major ocean basins at linear chains of volc...

Scientists Discover Layer of Liquified Molten Rock in Earth's Mantle

Mar 27, 2013 (SPX)

Scientists have discovered a layer of liquified molten rock in Earth's mantle that may be responsible for the sliding motions of the planet's massive tectonic p...

Can intraplate earthquakes produce stronger shaking than at plate boundaries?

Mar 24, 2013 (SPX)

New information about the extent of the 1872 Owens Valley earthquake rupture, which occurs in an area with many small and discontinuous faults, may support a hy...

Under California: An ancient tectonic plate

Mar 24, 2013 (SPX)

Large chunks of an ancient tectonic plate that slid under North America millions of years ago are still present under parts of central California and Mexico, ac...

Scripps scientists discover 'lubricant' for Earth's tectonic plates

Mar 24, 2013 (SPX)

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have found a layer of liquefied molten rock in Earth's mantle that may be acting as a lubrican...

'Lubricant' said helping tectonic movement

Mar 20, 2013 (UPI)

A previously unknown layer of liquefied molten rock in Earth's mantle may be "lubricating" the sliding motions of massive tectonic plates, U.S. researchers say....

Ancient micro-continent under the Indian Ocean identified

Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found evidence of an ancient micro-continent buried beneath the Indian Ocean. The ancient continent extends more ...

Fragments of continents hidden under lava in the Indian Ocean

Feb 26, 2013 (SPX)

The islands Reunion and Mauritius, both well-known tourist destinations, are hiding a micro-continent, which has now been discovered. The continent fragment kno...