When Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution by natural selection in 1859, the world hadn't even heard of plate tectonics. The notion that continents drifted on molten rock currents deep in the Earth's mantle was ...
Earth Sciences
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Geoscientists at the University of Liverpool have used friction experiments to investigate the processes of fault slip.
Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2015
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Yale researchers have proposed a new model to explain the drop in elastic stiffness in the middle of the Earth's continental lithosphere.
Earth Sciences
Jun 15, 2015
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An experiment has shed light on how controversial human activities such as fracking can cause small earthquakes. This may enable better controls of hazardous techniques. But it could have even greater relevance as a way to ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2015
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Planets with volcanic activity are considered better candidates for life than worlds without such heated internal goings-on.
Earth Sciences
Jun 8, 2015
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When tectonic plates collide, they produce earthquakes like the recent one in Nepal. Researchers at ETH Zurich are providing new ways to explain how and why earthquake supercycles occur in zones where one plate moves under ...
Earth Sciences
May 6, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers, two with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the other with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, claim to have found evidence that suggests low-relief mountain surfaces are due ...
A complex network of isolated hills, ridges and small basins spanning 1400 km on Mars is thought to hide large quantities of water-ice.
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2015
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(Phys.org)—Professors Tim Stern and Martha Savage and Drs Simon Lamb and Rupert Sutherland from Victoria's School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences—along with scientists from GNS Science and universities in ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 5, 2015
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North America traveled in fast company back in its youth.
Earth Sciences
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