News tagged with geological structure

First EarthScope 'transportable array' seismic station reaches U.S. east coast

Yulee, Florida. Not a place one usually thinks of as an Earthquake Epicenter.

Feb 16, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Fossil moths reveal their true colors

Moths dead for 47 million years are again showing their true colors. For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the colors of an ancient fossil moth. The findings detailed not just a few spots of color, ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Oct 12, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Unexpected exoskeleton remnants found in Paleozoic fossils

Surprising new research shows that, contrary to conventional belief, remains of chitin-protein complex -- structural materials containing protein and polysaccharide -- are present in abundance in fossils of ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Feb 07, 2011 | 5 / 5 (4) | 1 |

Mud Volcanoes on Mars

Spewing out material from deep underground, geological structures on Mars thought to be mud volcanoes could give scientists the clues they need to determine if life exists, or ever existed, on the Red Planet.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 19, 2010 | 4.4 / 5 (7) | 2

Fracture zones endanger tombs in Valley of Kings

Ancient choices made by Egyptians digging burial tombs may have led to today's problems with damage and curation of these precious archaeological treasures, but photography and detailed geological mapping ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

First complete image created of Himalayan fault, subduction zone

An international team of researchers has created the most complete seismic image of the Earth's crust and upper mantle beneath the rugged Himalaya Mountains, in the process discovering some unusual geologic ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 11, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (8) | 1