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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Ash from the Sierra Negra volcano on Isla Isabela in the Galápagos Islands drifts across the sky during an October 2005 eruption.

Research Spotlight 3 December 2019

Forecasting Volcanic Eruptions with Artificial Intelligence

A machine learning algorithm automatically detects telltale signs of volcanic unrest.
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Figure 4 from paper by Preuss et al. [2019]

Editors' Highlights 1 October 2019

Can We Tell If Faults Grew During or Between Earthquakes?

Numerical simulations of earthquake cycle deformation reveal that co-seismic and interseismic fault propagation can produce distinct propagation angles that may be recorded in the crust.
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Geology & Geophysics
Photomicrographs in backscatter electron image mode of tholeiitic basalt samples

Editors' Highlights 27 September 2019

A Thermochemical Recording Mechanism of Earth’s Magnetic Field

A laboratory study assesses thermochemical remanence as a reliable paleointensity recorder, which could open new venues for studying Earth’s ancient magnetic field.
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Satellite view of the Salton Sea and surroundings in California

Research Spotlight 23 September 2019

Distant Quake Triggered Slow Slip on Southern San Andreas

A high-resolution map of surface displacements indicates that the 2017 Chiapas earthquake caused substantial creep along a segment of the San Andreas Fault, located 3,000 kilometers away.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Graph showing the possible melting curve of hydrogen-bearing iron peroxide

Editors' Highlights 6 August 2019

The Lower Mantle May Have a Wet Bottom

Molecular dynamics calculations suggest that molten hydrogen-bearing iron peroxide (FeO2Hx) may produce the ultra-low velocity zones that occur at the core-mantle boundary.
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Numerical simulation of granular flow

Editors' Highlights 16 July 2019

Finessing Granular Flows

Granular flows are important in geophysics to the pyroclastic flow, debris flow, and avalanches. Understanding their complex and rich physics is therefore important in simulating their dynamics.
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The International Ocean Discovery Program’s JOIDES Resolution sits in port in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, at the end of IODP Expedition 318 in 2010.

Research Spotlight 15 July 2019

An Integrated History of the Australian-Antarctic Basin

The first basin-wide compilation of seismic and geologic data shows that both margins experienced similar sedimentation patterns prior to the onset of Antarctic glaciation.
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Geology & Geophysics
Shear contact strength and shear stress as a function of a step increase in normal stress

Editors' Highlights 3 July 2019

Laboratory Study Probes Triggering Mechanisms of Earthquakes

A new experimental technique traces the state of a shearing fault gouge and shows for the first time how friction of a fault surface can change as a function of varying normal stress.
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Geology & Geophysics
Distorted railway lines at the North Anatolian Fault due to the 1999 earthquake Aykut Barka

Research Spotlight 6 June 2019

Variations in Creep Along One of Earth’s Most Active Faults

Satellite-based radar images of motion along Turkey’s North Anatolian Fault are helping scientists understand when, where, and how creep occurs and its implications for seismic hazard.
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Geology & Geophysics
A map showing vertical motions in southwest Japan 7 years after the 1946 Nankai earthquake

Research Spotlight 3 June 2019

Déjà Vu: Understanding Subduction Zones’ Cycle of Seismicity

A unique geodetic data set from Japan’s Nankai subduction zone offers an unparalleled opportunity to study surface deformation spanning almost an entire seismic cycle.
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