If there was ever any doubt the 2011 discovery by a post-doctoral student was indeed the hottest rock on Earth, new findings from a Western-led research team are putting that uncertainty to rest.
Earth Sciences
Apr 14, 2022
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Curtin research has revealed that soil erosion and wildfires contributed to a mass extinction event 201 million years ago that ended the Triassic era and paved the way for the rise of dinosaurs in the Jurassic period.
Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2022
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Lead researcher Dr. Milo Barham, from the Timescales of Mineral Systems Group within Curtin's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said the team devised a metric, which determines the "age distribution fingerprint" of ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 1, 2022
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Unlike the classic Jules Verne science fiction novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth" or movie "The Core," humans cannot venture into the Earth's interior beyond a few kilometers of its surface. But thanks to latest advances ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 14, 2022
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Giant mountain ranges at least as high as the Himalayas and stretching up to 8,000 kilometers across entire supercontinents played a crucial role in the evolution of early life on Earth, according to a new study by researchers ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 3, 2022
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The supercontinent Pangaea, which was a combination of today's continents, broke apart at the end of the Triassic period due to large-scale volcanic activity. This volcanic activity was thought to be the most likely cause ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2022
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Combinations of stable molybdenum (Mo) isotopes and radiogenic isotopes have great potential for researchers studying mantle heterogeneities, especially those with subduction-related processes.
Earth Sciences
Jan 27, 2022
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A Southwest Research Institute scientist measured the properties of ice-brine mixtures as cold as -145 degrees Fahrenheit to help confirm that salty water likely exists between grains of ice or sediment under the ice cap ...
Astrobiology
Jan 25, 2022
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New Curtin University research has confirmed the frequency of asteroid collisions that formed impact craters on Mars has been consistent over the past 600 million years.
Planetary Sciences
Jan 21, 2022
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The dramatic collapse of Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano in December 2018 resulted from long-term destabilising processes, and was not triggered by any distinct changes in the magmatic system that could have been detected ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 15, 2022
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