Venus, a scorching wasteland of a planet according to scientists, may have once had tectonic plate movements similar to those believed to have occurred on early Earth, a new study found. The finding sets up tantalizing scenarios ...
Astronomy
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A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in France has recorded the details and characteristics of an undersea volcano that was born in 2018. In their paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, ...
Researchers from Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CNRS / University of Lorraine), in collaboration with CEREGE have shown that erosion in the Himalayas is primarily governed by tectonic movements, which ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 10, 2020
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The cyclic strengthening and weakening of ocean tides over tens of millions of years is likely linked to another, longer cycle: the formation of Earth's supercontinents every 400 to 600 million years, according a new study. ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 11, 2018
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One of the first geological lessons we learn is that continents are constantly moving. The evidence of these plate tectonic movements is written in the rocks. But the rocks only tell us half of the story. The other half is ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 13, 2017
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The temperature of Earth's interior affects everything from the movement of tectonic plates to the formation of the planet.
Earth Sciences
Mar 2, 2017
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A JCU scientist has developed a hi-tech animation of millions of years of tectonic plate movements that could lead to new mineral discoveries and help predict volcanic eruptions.
Earth Sciences
Apr 11, 2016
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The Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over northern Namibia in this image from 18 September 2015.
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2016
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Researchers have for the first time been able to measure a material's resistance to fracturing from various types of tectonic motions in the Earth's middle crust, a discovery that may lead to better understanding of how large ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2015
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Fossil fish teeth recovered from the ocean floor around Tasmania have shed new light on the origins of the world's largest ocean current, according to a paper released in Nature this week.
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2015
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