News tagged with seismic imaging

Yellowstone's plumbing exposed

(PhysOrg.com) -- The most detailed seismic images yet published of the plumbing that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano shows a plume of hot and molten rock rising at an angle from the northwest at a depth ...

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (49) | comments 18

Electric Yellowstone: Conductivity image hints volcano plume is bigger than thought

University of Utah geophysicists made the first large-scale picture of the electrical conductivity of the gigantic underground plume of hot and partly molten rock that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano. The ...

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created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Nea Kameni volcano movement captured by Envisat (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Archived data from the Envisat satellite show that the volcanic island of Santorini has recently displayed signs of unrest. Even after the end of its mission, Envisat information continues to ...

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tohoku grim reminder of potential for Pacific Northwest megaquake

Tohoku earthquake is a grim reminder of the potential for another strong-motion mega-earthquake along the Pacific Northwest coast, geophysicist John Anderson of the University of Nevada, Reno told members of the American ...

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created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seeing through the cracks

While rescue workers in Japan continue their search for missing persons amid the rubble in Sendai and beyond, geologists are sifting through seismic data and satellite images for hints to what caused one of ...

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created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First detailed underwater survey of huge volcanic flank collapse deposits

A scientific team led by Dr Peter Talling of the UK's National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is currently aboard the Royal Research Ship James Cook to map extremely large landslide deposits offshore from an active ...

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created May 05, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Studies offers new picture of Lake Tahoe's earthquake potential

For more than a decade, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been unraveling the history of fault ruptures below the cobalt blue waters of Lake Tahoe one earthquake at a time. ...

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created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Seismic imaging provides bigger picture for earthquake researchers

Caltech scientists and students are among a group of government and university researchers collecting seismic images of the Imperial and Coachella Valleys this week. The pictures—part of the U.S. Geological ...

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created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0