Geology

A Brief Introduction To Santorini

a longer-term cycle, of about 180,000 years.  While most of the major eruptions are intermediate in composition, ...

Article - Gareth Fabbro - Aug 15 2010 - 3:47pm

Geologic Puzzle: What Explains Titan's Low Crater Count?

about a landform's elevation or depth. Cassini images show river networks draining into lakes in ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2012 - 11:00am

Colorado Front Range Storm In 2013 Caused 1,000 Years Of Erosion

(around 350 cubic feet of sediment removed) to large (about 740,000 cubic feet removed). The largest ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2015 - 7:00am

The Mystery Of The Lake That Triggered Global Warming

about what global warming has in store today? "We know from various records that there were ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 8 2011 - 12:19pm

Antarctic Seismic Waves Equal To A Magnitude 7 Earthquake- Every Day

This is very strange behavior, and we need to understand more about it." GPS instruments placed ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2011 - 3:26pm

Greenland Ice Core Shows Ice Age Temperatures Rose 22 Degrees In 50 Years

cores from the site-- located roughly in the middle of Greenland at an elevation of about 9,850 feet-- ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2008 - 3:08pm

The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Catastrophe Wasn't The First- It Also Happened 700 Years Ago

pits and auguring holes at more than 150 sites on an island about 75 miles north of Phuket, a Thai ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2008 - 4:26pm

An Adventure Inside Volcano Island

continually fed into the chamber from below at a rate of about two cubic meters per second-- about the volume ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 20 2008 - 11:57am

NASA IceBridge Mission Prepares For Study Of Arctic Glaciers

Antarctica." For information about the IceBridge mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/icebridge NASA Television ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 18 2010 - 11:33pm

MORVEL: A Precise Model Of Tectonic-Plate Movements

intervals — most recently about 780,000 years ago — and each time leaves a magnetic mark in the crust akin ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 23 2010 - 6:14pm