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Easter Island’s volcanoes are older than the ocean floor
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface ...
Crustal brines at an oceanic transform fault: New research explores geological processes along plate boundaries
In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...
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Crustal brines at an oceanic transform fault
A team presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the Gofar fault in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could ...
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Say goodbye to everything we knew about Earth's mantle: Lost lands discovered submerged beneath the Pacific Ocean
as has happened in the Pacific Ocean. A group of researchers from ETH Zurich and the California Institute of Technology have conducted a study that has provided impressive details about the Earth ...
When was the last “Big One” and when do experts expect the next catastrophic earthquake to hit?
Earthquakes rank among the deadliest natural disasters in the world, with many of them killing thousands. Experts warn the ...
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Unexplained Structures Found Deep Underneath The Pacific Ocean
Geoscientists have used earthquakes to study the composition of the lower portion of the Earth’s mantle under the Pacific Ocean – and ... be portions of tectonic plates that have sunk in ...
Xavier Le Pichon, Who Modeled Movement of Earth’s Crust, Dies at 87
With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an ...
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The Earth rocks, and cuts in federal spending could create fault lines
Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...
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What is a tsunami? How these powerful waves spell coastal danger
Tsunamis can travel thousands of kilometres across the ocean after an earthquake, volcanic eruption, or landslide ...
Two earthquakes hit between Fiji and New Zealand, no tsunami warning issued
Two earthquakes hit the area between Fiji and New Zealand on April 14 morning. The first quake measured 6.5, and the second ...