News articles tagged with 'tectonic'
Research suggests strong Indian crust thrust beneath the Tibetan Plateau
— 9 Apr 2011 11:34 | Geology and palaeontologyFor many years, most scientists studying Tibet have thought that a very hot and very weak lower and middle crust underlies its plateau, flowing like a fluid. Now, a team of researchers…
Our ancestors lived on shaky ground
— 4 Mar 2011 14:11 | Geology and palaeontologyOur earliest ancestors preferred to settle in locations that have something in common with cities such as San Francisco, Naples and Istanbul - they are often on active tectonic faults…
Earthshaking possibilities may limit underground storage of carbon dioxide
— 14 Dec 2010 19:48 | Geology and palaeontologyStoring massive amounts of carbon dioxide underground in an effort to combat global warming may not be easy to do because of the potential for triggering small- to moderate-sized earthquakes,…
NOAA-sponsored scientists first to map offshore San Andreas Fault and associated ecosystems
— 1 Oct 2010 11:42 | EnvironmentFor the first time, scientists are using advanced technology and an innovative vessel to study, image, and map the unexplored offshore Northern San Andreas Fault from north of San Francisco…
Mars's mysterious elongated crater
— 28 Aug 2010 10:04 | AstronomyOrcus Patera is an enigmatic elliptical depression near Mars's equator, in the eastern hemisphere of the planet. Located between the volcanoes of Elysium Mons and Olympus Mons, its…
New view of tectonic plates
— 28 Aug 2010 09:43 | Geology and palaeontologyComputational scientists and geophysicists at the University of Texas at Austin and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed new computer algorithms that for…
Frogs evolution tracks rise of Himalayas and rearrangement of Southeast Asia
— 6 Aug 2010 08:05 | BiologyThe evolution of a group of muscled frogs scattered throughout Asia is telling geologists about the sequence of events that led to the rise of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau…
New theory of why midcontinent faults produce earthquakes
— 31 Jul 2010 10:02 | Geology and palaeontologyA new theory developed at Purdue University may solve the mystery of why the New Madrid fault, which lies in the middle of the continent and not along a tectonic plate boundary, produces…
Breakthrough achieved in explaining why tectonic plates move the way they do
— 17 Jul 2010 13:23 | Geology and palaeontologyA team of researchers including Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego geophysicist Dave Stegman has developed a new theory to explain the global motions of tectonic plates…
Flow in Earth's mantle moves mountains
— 3 Jun 2010 14:49 | Geology and palaeontologyIf tectonic plate collisions cause volcanic eruptions, as every fifth grader knows, why do some volcanoes erupt far from a plate boundary?…