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New way to monitor faults may help predict earthquakes
Paul Silver* and Taka'aki Taira of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, with Fenglin Niu of Rice University and Robert Nadeau of the University of California, Berk...
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Read moreSan Andreas affected by 2004 Sumatran quake
U.S. seismologists have found evidence that the massive 2004 earthquake that triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean weakened at least a portion of California's famed San Andreas Fa...
Earth Sciences | Read moreScientists return from first ever riser drilling operations in seismogenic zone
The CHIKYU is operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) in partnership with the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. The expedition began with drilling operations at...
Earth Sciences | Read moreOcean-drilling expedition cites new evidence related to origin and evolution of seismogenic faults
New research about what triggers earthquakes, authored by Michael Strasser of Bremen University, Germany, with colleagues from the USA, Japan, China, France, and Germany, will appear in the Aug. 16 20...
Earth Sciences | Read moreShaking the Earth: Just add water
New Zealand is the site of one of the world's youngest subduction zones, where the Pacific Plate of Earth's crust dives beneath the Australian Plate. Now, a University of Utah study shows ho...
Earth Sciences | Read moreResearchers on Chikyu Report Successful Riser-Drilling
Kumano Basin off Kii Peninsula, approximately 58 km southeast of Japan— Despite harsh atmospheric and ocean conditions, and complex geological characteristics of its drill site, the deep-sea drilling ...
Earth Sciences | Read moreRensselaer Researchers To Participate in Seismic Test of Seven-Story Building
A destructive earthquake will strike a lone, wooden condominium in Japan next week, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Michael Symans will be on site to watch it happen.Symans is a...
Earth Sciences | Read moreTremors on southern San Andreas Fault may mean increased earthquake risk
Increases in mysterious underground tremors observed in several active earthquake fault zones around the world could signal a build-up of stress at locked segments of the faults and presumably an incr...
Earth Sciences | Read moreNatural deep earth pump fuels earthquakes and ore
The process, called creep cavitation, involves fluid being pumped through pores in deformed rock in mid-crustal sheer zones, which are approximately 15 km below the Earth's surface.The fl...
Earth Sciences | Read moreSolomon Islands earthquake sheds light on enhanced tsunami risk
On April 1, 2007, a tsunami-generating earthquake of magnitude 8.1 occurred East of Papua New Guinea off the coast of the Solomon Islands. The subsequent tsunami killed about 52 people, destroyed much...
Earth Sciences | Read moreNew monitoring stations detect 'silent earthquakes' in Costa Rica
These findings are helping scientists understand the full spectrum of motions occurring on the fault and may yield new insights into the events that lead to major earthquakes.A slow slip event...
Earth Sciences | Read moreLocations of strain, slip identified in major earthquake fault
The Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) is the first geologic study of the underwater subduction zone faults that give rise to the massive earthquakes known to seismologists as meg...
Earth Sciences | Read moreAfrican initiative trains students, explores geophysical mysteries
"In order to train masters and doctoral students there has to be a research effort," said Andrew Nyblade, professor of geosciences, Penn State and co-director of AfricaArray. "We starte...
Earth Sciences | Read moreNew research helps us understand the incredible forces and oil and gas reserves that lie hidden beneath the Earth’s surface
That is the conclusion reached by two Danish researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Professor Hans Thybo and PhD Christoffer Nielsen, after many seismic examinations, including blowing up tons...
Earth Sciences | Read moreMelting rock - Researchers unlocked the secrets of "deep" earthquakes
This is the question being answered by scientists working with Dr. Timm John from the Institute of Mineralogy at the University of Münster, using an innovative combination of field and laboratory work...
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