Geology

MORVEL: A Precise Model Of Tectonic-Plate Movements

ridges in all the major ocean basins. The Earth's magnetic field changes polarity at irregular ...

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

Eyjafjallajökull, Gígjökull, Jökulhlaup, Gosmökkur

of all aircraft.  VA means volcanic activity. Following the issue of the VA SIGMET, airspaces across ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 19 2010 - 11:11am

Yangtze River In China 40 Million Years Older Than Previously Thought

the Three Gorges area. Densmore said, “The fact that erosion had removed all of the evidence of the ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 3 2010 - 9:11am

A Brief Introduction To Santorini

at the end of the 180,000 year cycles the magma chamber is allowed to evolve all the way to ...

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

How Mountains Came From Raindrops

patterns, all point to something going on with the Farallon plate as being responsible for the construction ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 21 2010 - 10:56am

The Moon Has A Core Also

core-mantle boundary, then that signal "echo" should be present in all the recordings, even if below ...

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

Trouble At Yellowstone?

question, inflating with what?  The obvious answer, as this is a volcano after all, is that the sill is ...

Article - Gareth Fabbro - Nov 20 2011 - 11:28am

Japanese Earthquake Causes 'Supermoon' Concern

excited is that is combined with a full moon.   What geological significance is that?  None at all, but ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 24 2012 - 8:45am

Rifting The Lithosphere In Southern California

the mantle part of the lithosphere and the fact that deformation at the surface runs all the way to ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2011 - 1:00pm

Extinction: The Permian Period Was Gradual Doom

almost a lifeless planet. Around 90 percent of all living species disappeared then, in what scientists ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2012 - 3:25pm