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The Enguri Dam, nestled in the highly seismic mountains of the Caucasus, is surrounded by steep, landslide-prone slopes.
Posted inScience Updates

International Effort Tackles Landslide Hazards to Keep the Peace

by A. Tibaldi and N. Tsereteli 30 January 201713 January 2022

Earth scientists work with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to help keep a border-straddling hydroelectric power plant on the Black Sea coast safe from landslides.

An offshore subduction zone drove the tsunami that devastated Japan in 2011.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

An Up Close Look at the Megaquakes That Cause Tsunamis

by S. Witman 25 January 20176 December 2021

Researchers recreate changes in the seafloor during Japan's devastating 2011 tsunami.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

River's Rise Linked to Oklahoma's Largest Earthquake

by S. Witman 13 January 20179 May 2022

As human-induced earthquakes increase in frequency and magnitude, researchers race to uncover their effects on surface water and groundwater.

glacier calving front
Posted inNews

More Frequent Glacial Quakes on Greenland Signal Ice Retreat

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 5 January 201711 January 2022

Between 1993 and 2011, the annual number of earthquakes caused by gigantic blocks of ice breaking away from Greenland's glaciers has increased, further evidence of accelerating ice loss.

Processes like mining and drilling tunnels, which displace material from the subsurface, can induce earthquakes.
Posted inNews

It’s Not Just Fracking: New Database of Human-Induced Quakes

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 22 December 201616 February 2022

In the largest compilation of anthropogenically induced earthquakes, causes range from building water reservoirs to mining.

Researchers pinpoint differences in fracture energy and rupture mechanisms between deep and shallow earthquakes.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Probing the Source Properties of Deep Earthquakes

by Terri Cook 19 December 201610 March 2022

A global review of earthquake rupture parameters reveals that deep earthquakes have larger fracture energies and may have different rupture mechanisms than shallower seismic events.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Frontiers in Cryoseismology

by Fabio Florindo and Evgeny A. Podolskiy 8 December 201611 January 2022

Recent review provides timely and comprehensive resource for emerging field.

A building torn in two in Concepción, Chile, following a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in 2010.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Understanding Tectonic Processes Following Great Earthquakes

by S. Witman 2 December 20165 October 2022

Scientists parse out the processes underlying tectonic signals detected by GPS networks.

A visiting postdoc prepares for a high-pressure rock mechanics experiment in Texas A&M’s rock deformation laboratory.
Posted inOpinions

Laboratory Sharing to Improve Rock Deformation Research

by A. Kronenberg, G. Hirth, N. Lapusta, J. Chester, A. Freed, C. Marone and T. Tullis 29 November 20161 October 2021

An ever-growing group of scientists seeks to integrate rock deformation labs from across the United States into one shared national facility.

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Kamer Receives 2016 Donald L. Turcotte Award

by AGU 20 October 201621 April 2023

Yavor Kamer will receive the 2016 Donald L. Turcotte Award, given annually to recent Ph.D. recipients for outstanding dissertation research that contributes directly to the field of nonlinear geophysics.

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