Researchers find new cause of strong earthquakes
A geologic event known as diking can cause strong earthquakes—with a magnitude between 6 and 7, according to an international research team.
A geologic event known as diking can cause strong earthquakes—with a magnitude between 6 and 7, according to an international research team.
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2016
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Planetary scientists would be thrilled if they could peel the Earth like an orange and look at what lies beneath the thin crust. We live on the planet's cold surface, but the Earth is a solid body and the surface is continually ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 8, 2015
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Internet giant Google is making a version of its Android operating system to power virtual reality apps, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 7, 2015
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Break-up of the supercontinent Gondwana about 130 Million years ago could have lead to a completely different shape of the African and South American continent with an ocean south of today's Sahara desert, as geoscientists ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 2, 2014
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Scientists have discovered a one mile deep rift valley hidden beneath the ice in West Antarctica, which they believe is contributing to ice loss from this part of the continent.
Earth Sciences
Jul 25, 2012
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The birth of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains buried beneath the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet a puzzle mystifying scientists since their first discovery in 1958 is finally solved. The remarkably long geological ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2011
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An international team of researchers has found the strongest evidence yet that parts of North America and Antarctica were connected 1.1 billion years ago, long before the supercontinent Pangaea formed.
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2011
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A study of the structure and evolution of the Gulf of Corinth rift in central Greece will increase scientific understanding of rifted margin development and the tectonic mechanisms underlying seafloor spreading and deformation ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 22, 2009
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