Researchers used the largest GPS data set yet to examine deformation of the crust across continental China and its implications for tectonic activity.Read More »Natural Hazards
The editors of a new book describe the evolution of major earthquake producing fault zones in the eastern Mediterranean region and explore how earthquake forecasting could improve.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
Seafloor under the hypothesized East Asian Sea vanished 10 million years ago as surrounding plates swallowed it up, according to new reconstructions of plate tectonics in the Philippine Sea region.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
A reinterpretation of structural and paleomagnetic data suggests that New Zealand's Alpine Fault accommodates a far greater percentage of geologically recent plate motion than previously thought.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
