A novel geophysical technique documents the existence of a “missing” fault, along which major displacement could have occurred during the Cretaceous on North America’s northwest margin.Read More »Ocean Sciences
Advances in observations and modeling are providing new insights into the dynamic Antarctic Slope Current and its critical role in Earth’s climate.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
A comparison of deformation rates from Canada’s Saint Lawrence Valley offers compelling evidence that strain in the region is concentrated along ancient structures from previous tectonic cycles.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
Different nucleation styles detected in five slow-slip events in the same area of Japan’s Ryukyu subduction zone suggest the physical properties along this tectonic plate interface change over time.Read More »
This pioneer in space geodesy started as a particle physicist and went on to unravel relationships between Earth’s rotation and climate processes.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
On Friday, the kilogram will join its fellow metric units with a definition based on fundamental physical constants, but these units maintain links to their roots in the geosciences.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
Synthetic aperture radar data post-processing can be used to analyze changes in the landscape, providing a useful tool for disaster response.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
A multinational research team discovered an underestimated earthquake hazard during their 7-year exploration of the unique geodynamics of the eastern Himalayas in Bhutan.Read More »
