Study reveals the workings of nature’s own earthquake blocker
Findings point way toward more detailed earthquake predictionsCredit: Jamie Howarth/Victoria University of Wellington A new study finds a naturally occurring ...
Tag: Plate Tectonics
Are our oil and gas pipelines safe during an earthquake?
The research shows that current methods used for calculating stress received by the underground pipelines during an earthquake are incorrect.Credit: ...
Volcanic pollution return linked to jump in respiratory disease cases
Credit: Dr Evgenia Ilyinskaya Respiratory disease increased markedly following one of Iceland's largest volcanic eruptions, a new study has found. ...
Mountain growth influences greenhouse effect
Weathering of rocks can bind or release carbon dioxide -- in active mountain ranges, carbon-dioxide release strongly dominatesCredit: Kristen Cook ...
Asteroid crater on Earth provides clues about Martian craters
Research team led by the University of Göttingen discovers crater floor sagging from bowl-shaped volcanic ash layerCredit: Gernot Arp, University ...
Early indicators of magma viscosity could help forecast a volcano’s eruption style
2018 eruption of Kīlauea Volcano in Hawai'i provided scientists with an unprecedented opportunity to identify new factors that could help ...
Curtin research finds first clues to start of Earth’s supercontinent cycle
Curtin University research has uncovered the first solid clues about the very beginning of the supercontinent cycle of Earth, finding ...
New basalt type discovered beneath the ocean
Credit: EXP 351 Science Team A new type of rock created during large and exceptionally hot volcanic eruptions has been ...
Virtues of modeling many faults: New method illuminates shape of Alaskan quake
A University of Tsukuba research team find that the irregular behavior of the conjugate fault system responsible for the 2018 ...
Tracking past earthquakes along the Japan Trench
IODP Expedition 386 focuses on the record of giant earthquakes of the past preserved in deep marine sedimentsCredit: Credits © ...
Traces of Earth’s early magma ocean identified in Greenland rocks
Credit: Hanika Rizo New research led by the University of Cambridge has found rare evidence - preserved in the chemistry ...
Making sense of commotion under the ocean to locate tremors near deep-sea faults
New method for more accurately estimating the location of tectonic tremors in deep ocean faults could help to better understand ...
Social dilemma follows 2018 eruption of Kilauea volcano
Credit: Bruce Houghton The unprecedented cost of the 2018 Kilauea eruption in Hawai'i reflects the intersection of distinct physical and ...
UH geologists search for remains of lost ocean beneath earth’s surface
Team awarded 2.5 million CPU hours on NSF-funded supercomputer to conduct researchCredit: University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and ...