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A wellhead used to study the tectonics and fluid flow in the submarine Nankai Trough
Posted inResearch Spotlights

In a Submarine Trough, Permeable Rocks May Lead to Quakes

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 29 November 20185 October 2022

In Japan’s submarine Nankai Trough, rock permeability is much higher when measured at larger scales, likely because of big fractures and faults that are not captured at small scales.

An updated Antarctic Magnetic Anomaly Map helps researchers study the structure of lithosphere around the South Pole.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A More Detailed Look at Earth’s Most Poorly Understood Crust

by Terri Cook 24 October 20187 February 2023

The second-generation Antarctic Digital Magnetic Anomaly Project offers a powerful new tool for probing the structure and evolution of the southernmost continent’s lithosphere.

An enhanced-color image of Mercury
Posted inNews

Mercury Mission Will Map Morphology and Measure Magnetics

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 18 October 201817 January 2023

BepiColombo may launch as early as this weekend. It seeks to unravel the mysteries of Mercury’s geologic and magnetic past and map the small planet’s cratered surface.

3-D stratigraphic model of western Alberta helps researchers visualize bedrock topography and subsurface formations
Posted inScience Updates

Geology in 3-D and the Evolving Future of Earth Science

by O. S. Boyd and L. H. Thorleifson 24 August 201814 January 2022

Geologic Mapping Forum; Minneapolis, Minnesota, 26–29 March 2018

Posted inNews

Kevin Charles Antony Burke (1929–2018)

by A. M. C. Şengör 13 August 20187 March 2022

Burke, a master geologist, traveled the world to inform his studies on plate tectonics, soil formation, erosion, sedimentology, and a host of other topics, including other planets.

Posted inNews

Ursula B. Marvin (1921–2018)

by J. Wood 10 July 201810 October 2021

This bold mineralogist and feminist bucked norms that deemed geology unsuited for women. She contributed to meteoritics, science history, and petrology, including the analysis of Apollo Moon rocks.

Fireworks of many colors.
Posted inGeoFIZZ

A Rock Guide to Fireworks

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 3 July 20187 March 2022

Before a firework was red, it was a strontium salt waiting for its moment.

Researchers peer through Titan’s atmosphere to understand its surface geology
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Peering Through Titan’s Haze to Better Understand Its Surface

by Terri Cook 5 June 201825 August 2022

Variations in grain size and water ice content detected on Saturn’s largest moon offer evidence of geologically related units that resemble the mountain-to-desert transition on Earth.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Challenging the Day Diagram, a Rock Magnetism Paradigm

by Terri Cook 22 May 201827 January 2023

A critique of the plot routinely used to determine bulk magnetic properties concludes the technique is so ambiguous that new approaches to understanding magnetic mineral assemblages must be developed.

Map of a zoned dolomite crystal in a quartz matrix from the Strelley Pool Formation created using GIS software.
Posted inScience Updates

Making Maps on a Micrometer Scale

by B. J. Linzmeier, K. Kitajima, A. C. Denny and J. N. Cammack 17 May 20187 March 2023

Geographic information system software, created for mapping cities and continents, works equally well with the minuscule layers and inclusions that record a crystal’s history.

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