Tag: Plate Tectonics

Seismologists of the GFZ observe processes in the upper mantle for the first time before the formation of an enormous ...

Second African lungfish found far southCredit: Artist's impression by Maggie Newman A second ancient lungfish has been discovered in Africa, ...

New technology could open the door to seafloor earthquake monitoringCredit: Marlinks An international team of geoscientists led by Caltech has ...

Substantial quantities of water could be present farther into the mantle than previously thought possibleCredit: Photo is provided by Yanhao ...

Scientists have discovered a new seismic phenomenon originating at the ocean floorCredit: Fan, McGuire, de Groot-Hedlin, Hedlin, Coats, and Fiedler ...

Study points to one cause for several mysteries linked to breathable oxygenCredit: Image by J. Eguchi/University of California, Riverside HOUSTON ...

Test under Monterey Bay shows undersea fiber-optic cables can detect quakes, fault systemsCredit: Nate Lindsey, UC Berkeley Fiber-optic cables that ...

Honorees recognized for achievements in heavy element chemistry, tectonics, microbial photosynthesis, geological processes, particle physics, and biomolecular engineeringCredit: Berkeley Lab ...

University of Tokyo team reconfigures solver, taps into Summit's AI architecture to accelerate earthquake applicationCredit: UTokyo Each year, anywhere from ...

UC Riverside research sheds new light on earthquake that killed 9,000 peopleCredit: UCR A new understanding of a fault that ...

Credit: Bill Barnhart, University of Iowa A University of Iowa-led study has found that a series of Southern California earthquakes ...

Study provides information about the processes deep inside the EarthCredit: Steinberger et al. The Yellowstone National Park in the USA ...

Credit: Gilles Brocard/University of Sydney Irrigation significantly exacerbated the earthquake-triggered landslides in Palu, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, in ...

Scientists update estimates of Earth's immense interior carbon reservoirs, and how much carbon Deep Earth naturally swallows and exhalesGas sampling ...

GFZ Potsdam researchers reconstruct the flank collapse event that triggered a tsunami which killed 430 people in December 2018 - ...

Kyushu University researchers' analysis of seismic data reveals for the first time a large reservoir of methane or carbon dioxide ...

The molten rock that feeds volcanoes can be stored in the Earth's crust for as long as a thousand years, ...

Nearly 50 years after our first steps on the Moon, samples from the Apollo missions, Mars and Vesta still have ...

Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech scientists have found that in regions where oilfield wastewater disposal is widespread -- and where ...

Credit: Lara Wagner, Carnegie Institution for Science A $2.7 million multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional NSF-Frontiers of Earth Science grant has been awarded ...