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GeoPRISMS

Aerial view Erta Ale volcano in Ethiopia
Posted inScience Updates

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Especially for Continents

by Lindsay Lowe Worthington, B. D. Shuck, A. Bécel, Z. C. Eilon and C. Lynner 24 March 202125 October 2022

A decade-long research collaboration has revealed that the split between Africa and North America roughly 200 million years ago was more drawn out than previously thought.

Black and white photo showing a damaged road and storefronts in Anchorage, Alaska, following the March 1964 earthquake
Posted inScience Updates

Slipping and Locking in Earth’s Earthquake Factories

by N. Bartlow, L. M. Wallace, J. Elliott and S. Schwartz 24 March 202122 March 2022

Geodetic observations collected during back-to-back decadal research campaigns have revealed crucial new insights into the start–stop and slow-motion behavior of subduction zones.

Scientists in flight suits stand atop the summit of a volcano with steam rising nearby and a helicopter in the distance
Posted inOpinions

A Successful Model for Interdisciplinary Research

by A. Férot 24 March 202119 November 2021

Over the past decade, the GeoPRISMS program has greatly expanded understanding of shoreline-spanning Earth systems processes and fostered a vibrant and increasingly diverse community of researchers.

Quill volcano Sint Eustatius Island
Posted inScience Updates

Project VoiLA: Volatile Recycling in the Lesser Antilles

by S. Goes, J. Collier, J. Blundy, J. Davidson, N. Harmon, T. Henstock, J. M. Kendall, C. Macpherson, A. Rietbrock, K. Rychert, J. Prytulak, J. van Hunen, J. J. Wilkinson and M. Wilson 14 March 201927 January 2023

Deep water cycle studies have largely focused on subduction of lithosphere formed at fast spreading ridges. However, oceanic plates are more likely to become hydrated as spreading rate decreases.

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