Geology

Creep Cavitation- Deep Earth Pump Fuels Earthquakes

Scientists have discovered the presence of a natural deep earth 'pump' that is a crucial element in the formation of ore deposits and earthquakes.  The process, called 'creep cavitation', involves fluid being pumped through pores in def ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2011 - 3:26pm

Greenland Ice Sheets Can Change In A Geologic 'Instant'- Study

Modern glaciers, such as those making up the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, are capable of undergoing periods of rapid change, according to new findings by paleoclimatologists at the University at Buffalo.  Their  Nature Geoscience describes fieldwork ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2009 - 2:00am

Solving The Poor Imaging Of Earth's Mantle

The Earth's mantle, situated under the Earth's crust, is a key area for understanding geological processes but we only come into contact with Earth's circulating layers in the event of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. It's important ...

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

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Blog Post - Heidi Henderson - Jun 23 2009 - 12:24pm

Upthrusting Plates: Creating Washington

Two hundred million years ago, Washington was two large islands, bits of continent on the move westward, eventually bumping up against the North American continent and calling it home. Even with their new fixed address, the shifting continues; the more ex ...

Blog Post - Heidi Henderson - Jun 29 2009 - 3:26pm

Amazon River Up To 11 Million Years Old, Says Study

The Amazon River has been around for 11 million years ago and in its shape for the last 2.4 million years ago, according to a study on two boreholes drilled in proximity of the mouth of the Amazon River by Petrobras, the national oil company of Brazil. Unt ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2009 - 5:00pm

How Enceladus Got Its Stripes

A new study says both the tiger stripes and a subsurface ocean on Saturn's moon Enceladus are the result of the moon's unusual chemical composition and not a hot core, as previously believed. shedding light on the evolution of planets and guiding ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 15 2009 - 9:11am

Can We Still Learn Something From Apollo 11 Moon Rocks 40 Years Later?

A lunar geochemist at Washington University in St. Louis says that there are still many answers to be found in moon rocks brought back by the Apollo 11 astronauts nearly 40 years ago.   And he's been studying them since then, so he should know. Randy ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2009 - 12:56pm

Plastic Rings May Form An 'Invisibility Cloak' Against Earthquakes- Someday

New research at the University of Liverpool says it is possible to develop an 'invisibility cloak' to protect buildings from earthquakes, using concentric rings of plastic which could be fitted to the Earth's surface in order to divert surfa ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2011 - 3:28pm

Hey Jupiter, Earth Gets Hit Too- Evidence For North American Cosmic Impact 13,000 Years Ago

A new impact on Jupiter is getting all the attention this week but it can happen here- and has.  Nanosized diamonds found just below the surface of Santa Rosa Island off the coast of Santa Barbara are evidence of a 'cosmic impact' approximately ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2009 - 1:33pm