Geology

2011 Virginia Earthquake May Have Been Due To Fault "Crossroads"

to slip. Additional science data about the 2011 Mineral, Virginia, earthquake may be found online. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 24 2014 - 9:30am

Detecting Earthquakes On Venus Using Sound

Earth's, to discover more about the diversity of planet formation and why certain features--such as ...

Article - News Staff - May 1 2015 - 3:08pm

Wabash Valley Fault- That Earthquake In Illinois Could Be The Start Of Something

about 750 million years ago when the continent almost broke apart. There was a lot of volcanic activity, ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2011 - 3:19pm

Why So Many Earthquakes This Decade?

about a recent increase in major earthquakes so comparing the two is worthwhile. As we can see, there ...

Blog Post - Richard Mankiewicz - Mar 24 2011 - 3:10pm

The Earth’s System

Although these ideas about lithosphere and asthenosphere were developed long before plate tectonic theory ...

Blog Post - Anonymous - Mar 14 2010 - 1:43am

Ring Of Fire Tectonic Plate Is Cooling- And Shrinking

million years ago and 80 times faster than very old parts of the plate that were created about 160 million ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 27 2014 - 10:31am

The Most Detailed Geologic Map of Mars: Q&A with Dr. Chris Okubo

System (GIS), in this case ArcMap, and then the mapping can begin. Mapping takes about 40 days. After ...

Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Jan 4 2015 - 12:27pm

Mars And The Tharsis Tholus Volcano

circular outline, about 32 x 34 km, and is ringed by faults that have allowed the caldera floor to subside ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 8 2011 - 4:18pm

Earthquake 'Fossils' Abundant, Says Study

reveal more about energy partitioning during earthquakes.  Article: "Pseudotachylytes; rarely ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2011 - 3:25pm

Solving The Poor Imaging Of Earth's Mantle

also provides more information about the development of earthquakes. Bozdag's research took place ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 23 2009 - 2:00am