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Scientific Discipline Mineral Physics

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Mantle-derived peridotite xenolith from San Carlos, Arizona, showing green olivine crystals.

Project Update 19 November 2018

Understanding Electrical Signals from Below Earth’s Surface

A new version of a free Web application (SIGMELTS 2.0) helps Earth scientists interpret electrical anomalies in Earth’s crust and mantle and track the sources of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
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Geology & Geophysics

Editors' Highlights 7 August 2018

Are Diamonds Ubiquitous Beneath Old Stable Continents?

Although rare at the Earth’s surface, diamonds may be commonplace at depths of 120 to 150 kilometers below the surface within the lithosphere of old continents.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Stacks of aluminum ingots, ready for transport.

Feature 18 July 2018

Meeting the Mineral Needs of the United States

A recent report points out where the United States is most dependent on mineral imports and highlights some ways for reducing this dependence.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Harry Green II

Tribute 2 May 2018

Harry W. Green II (1940–2017)

By keenly probing mantle rheology, interactions of deformations and phase transitions, and microscopic features, he made major contributions to petrology, mineralogy, and earthquake science.
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Geology & Geophysics

Editors' Highlights 21 March 2018

What Happens Inside Rocks as They Fail?

An innovative technique provides micro-scale resolution on the three-dimensional evolution of damage within crystalline rocks that leads to fault nucleation.
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Geology & Geophysics

Tribute 6 March 2018

Joseph B. Walsh (1930–2017)

This world traveler and rugby enthusiast devised theories fundamental to such diverse fields as seismology, oil and gas exploration, and hydrology. He also designed the hull of the Alvin submersible.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

Editors' Highlights 16 January 2018

New Thermodynamic Model for Computing Mantle Mineralogy

A newly developed open-access software package called MMA-EoS can calculate whole mantle mineralogy in multicomponent systems by Gibbs energy minimization.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Secondary electron microscope images showing microstructures of stressed grains.

Research Spotlight 8 December 2017

Probing the Grain-Scale Processes That Drive Plate Tectonics

New experimental data suggest that rock composition may play a critical role in forming and perpetuating shear zones.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Three-dimensional imaging unveils the dynamics inside an active volcano

Research Spotlight 17 November 2017

Looking Inside an Active Italian Volcano

Scientists use 3-D imaging to reveal Solfatara crater’s inner plumbing.
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Climate Change

Editors' Vox 23 August 2017

Peering into the Cracks

A recent article in Reviews of Geophysics combined mathematical modeling, fracture mechanics theory and engineering research data to provide new insights into a critical geological process.
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