Geology

Interiors Of Neptune, Uranus And Even Earth May Contain Solid Ice

(on the right) in contact with liquid water (on the left). As the simulation progresses the position ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 24 2008 - 1:07am

Could A Lake In Holden Crater On Mars Have Once Been Habitable?

This figure shows the unit contact relationships at Holden crater. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 6 2008 - 12:53pm

Earthquakes Recorded Through Fossils

in fossil foraminifera assemblages across the buried peat contacts, long-lasting submergence also ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 8 2015 - 8:00am

Hexagonal Columns: The Giant's Causeway

more quickly at the surface where the lava comes in contact with moist, cool air. As the basalt cools ...

Blog Post - Heidi Henderson - Sep 16 2019 - 12:37pm

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

geologic contact.” Deep imaging tools were specifically chosen because the earthquake occurred about five ...

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

Solving The Poor Imaging Of Earth's Mantle

geological processes but we only come into contact with Earth's circulating layers in the event of ...

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

What Is A Sinkhole And Why Do Sinkholes Form?

contacts the rock surface and also in joints and fractures. Cover-subsidence sinkholes-  usually when the ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 1 2010 - 9:56am

Slow Earthquakes May Predict Normal Ones

friction contact area becomes saturated. It can't get any smaller and other physical properties take ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 15 2013 - 9:14pm

Andes Mountains- The 'Species Pump' Of South America

along the Andes was not possible until the northern part of the mountain range came into contact with ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 9 2009 - 6:36pm

Jerusalem's Western Wall- Why Some Stones Have No Wear After 2,000 Years

microscope, they were able to see how the rocks disintegrated when they came into contact with water. During ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2014 - 9:40am