Posts Tagged ‘geology’
Do earthquakes have the Midas touch?
U. QUEENSLAND (AUS) — Earthquakes may be one of the primary ways that gold and quartz deposits form, a new study suggests. Continue…
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 15:46 - 1 Comment
Earth & Environment - Mar 19, 2013 14:05 - 0 Comments
Ancient tectonic plate still under California
BROWN (US) — The discovery of “fossil” slabs of the Farallon oceanic plate under California could lead to new questions about the geology of North America. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 11, 2013 16:06 - 3 Comments
Moon impact left sea of molten rock 6 miles deep
BROWN (US) — Early in the Moon’s history, an ocean of molten rock covered its entire surface. But that wasn’t the last time the Moon’s surface melted on a massive scale. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 11, 2013 10:25 - 1 Comment
To find where rock melts, go deeper
RICE (US) — Magma melts hotter and deeper in the Earth than previously thought, a finding that scientists say explains several long-standing puzzles. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 13, 2012 11:20 - 2 Comments
Nature’s sculptor: How water molds land
NYU (US) — Erosion caused by flowing water not only smoothes out objects, but can also form distinct shapes with sharp points and edges. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 22, 2012 10:24 - 6 Comments
Lethal heat turned Earth into ‘broken world’
U. LEEDS (UK) — The “dead zone” period that followed the worst extinction of all time lasted 5 million years because it was simply too hot to survive. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 3, 2012 10:34 - 0 Comments
Fleeting volcano erupts once, then dies
U. BUFFALO (US) — A marriage of magma and water below the surface of the earth is behind a specific type of volcano that erupts only once before dying. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 5, 2012 9:43 - 2 Comments
Why quake forecast maps often fail
U. MISSOURI / NORTHWESTERN (US) — Three of the largest and deadliest earthquakes in recent history occurred where earthquake hazard maps didn’t predict massive quakes, scientists say. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 15, 2012 14:31 - 5 Comments
Science and faith: Geologist investigates floods
U. WASHINGTON (US) — The idea that scientific reason and religious faith are somehow at odds “is, in my view, a false dichotomy,” says a geologist whose new book explores religious accounts of floods. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 10, 2012 13:13 - 0 Comments
Team unveils structure of diamond’s ‘cousin’
YALE (US) — Mineral physicists have confirmed the structure of cold-compressed graphite, a form of carbon so hard it can damage its cousin—diamond. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 2, 2012 14:57 - 0 Comments
US West ‘dry period’ may have been wet, too
U. PITTSBURGH / PENN STATE (US) —Tree rings and oxygen isotopes have allowed researchers to better pinpoint the history of droughts in the arid and semiarid areas of the American West. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 22, 2012 10:16 - 0 Comments
Could trapping CO2 trigger earthquakes?
STANFORD (US) — Carbon capture and storage may not be a viable way to trap greenhouse gases, say geophysicists, who cite the method’s potential to trigger earthquakes. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 6, 2012 13:06 - 3 Comments
Normandy sand holds relics of D-Day
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Sand from a 1988 visit to Omaha Beach—site of the ferocious D-Day invasion—reveals that traces of the battle remain there long after June 6, 1944. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 10, 2012 14:51 - 0 Comments
Dunes on the move reveal Mars in flux
CALTECH/JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — New technology has allowed scientists to take the first measurements of sand dunes and ripples moving across the surface of Mars. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 28, 2012 8:53 - 1 Comment
Humans’ first home is 30 million years old
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — The Great Rift Valley of East Africa—the birthplace of the human species—may have taken much longer to develop than previously believed. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 26, 2012 12:18 - 0 Comments
Wind erosion gives cutaway look at Mars
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Scientists believe that an odd, previously unseen landform could provide a window into the geological history of Mars. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 12, 2012 12:24 - 0 Comments
Milky Way is ‘white as snow’
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — The most accurate determination yet of the color of the Milky Way galaxy finds it is pure white—”almost mirroring a fresh spring snowfall,” astrophysicists say. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 5, 2011 10:08 - 0 Comments
Teams compete to forecast quakes
UC DAVIS (US) — The best earthquake forecasts are about 10 times more accurate than a random prediction, according to new research. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 16, 2011 12:04 - 2 Comments
Mars rover finds early rock at crater’s rim
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — The Mars rover Opportunity is poised on the edge of the vast Endeavour Crater, sampling a rock unlike any other examined during its mission. (more…)
