Geology

Ancient Buried Canyon In South Tibet Rules Out Tectonic Aneurysm

the paleocanyon started to fill with sediment about 2.5 million years ago. "I was extremely ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 21 2014 - 11:03am

Wild Comet Dust Mixes Up Our Knowledge Of Solar System Interaction

grains — the largest of which is about one-thousandth of an inch across — with a unique ion microprobe in ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 20 2008 - 10:21am

GOCE Maps The Moho

km beneath the ocean floor. Credits: GEMMA project  Even today, almost all we know about Earth’s deep ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2012 - 5:35pm

Lightning A Good Indicator Of Volcanic Activity

lightning was produced and two electromagnetic lightning detectors were set up about 60 miles away in Homer. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2010 - 5:01pm

The Peruvian Meteorite That Became The Carancas Fireball

If correct, it could change the thinking about the size and type of extraterrestrial objects that ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 11 2008 - 11:51pm

The Moon Has A Core Also

to learn more about Earth's natural satellite.  Photo: Tom Story/ASU "Array processing ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 6 2011 - 4:23pm

Mare Pits On The Moon Could Shelter Astronauts

has only imaged about 40 percent of the moon with appropriate lighting for the automated pit searching ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2014 - 6:06pm

Resolving The Confusion Of Earth's Mantle Motion

beneath Earth is made up of several layers. Its skin, the crust, extends to a depth of about 40 kilometers ...

Article - News Staff - May 1 2008 - 10:42pm

Planet Earth: Extreme Beauty – Extreme Danger

that Istanbul is prone to major earthquakes; scientists have been expecting and warned about The Big ...

Article - Bente Lilja Bye - Nov 3 2012 - 8:05am

There And Back Again: A Uranium Isotope's Journey To The Center Of The Earth

the crust’s cycle brings new perspectives to the debate about how the face of the Earth has changed ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2015 - 7:05pm