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Diagram showing high velocity slabs in the lower mantle beneath South America's present position and profile showing the westward motion of South America.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Previous Intra-oceanic Subduction Found Beneath South America?

by M. Assumpção 9 July 202127 January 2023

Newly mapped fast velocity slabs in the lower mantle may be remnants of westward dipping intra-oceanic subduction, before flipping to the present eastward subduction beneath South America at 85 Ma.

Two plots comparing data fits for initial and recovered models.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Improved Seismic Imaging Via Optimal Transport Theory

by Michael Bostock 7 July 202110 March 2022

Seismic waveform inversion is inherently non-linear. New objective functions based on optimal transport theory mitigate nonlinearity yielding stable solutions without need for accurate initial models.

Lava that erupted from the Juan de Fuca Ridge formed these pillow and sheet flow basaltic rocks on the seafloor off the coast of Oregon.
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Magma Pockets Lie Stacked Beneath Juan de Fuca Ridge

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 14 June 202127 October 2021

Analysis of new imaging data suggests that vertically stacked magma chambers are short-lived and contribute to eruptions.

Aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku-oki earthquake in Japan
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A New Approach to Calculate Earthquake Slip Distributions

by Morgan Rehnberg 4 June 202124 May 2022

A transdimensional, probabilistic approach is more flexible than traditional least squares fits and provides better handling of sharply varying slip distributions.

Top panel is a world map showing global distribution of submarine volcanoes. Bottom panel is a plot showing types of available recordings of submarine eruptions since the first eruption recorded in 1939.
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A Comprehensive Review of Submarine Volcano Seismoacoustics

by Gregory P. Waite 19 May 202111 May 2022

Although most of Earth’s lava erupts beneath the oceans, submarine volcanoes are comparatively understudied, but a new review of submarine volcano seismoacoustics provides a framework for future work.

Three maps of the study area showing the probability of a specific density value occurring in different models.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Understanding Where and How Magma is Stored

by M. Pistolesi 17 May 202112 October 2021

Gravity measurements reveal depth and storage conditions of rhyolitic magma reservoirs beneath the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in Chile.

A series of panels showing the substantial number of new quality data published for the three geomagnetic elements, declination (left), inclination (center), and intensity (right) with geographical distribution on the top row and temporal distribution on the bottom row.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

New Spherical Cap Field Model for Europe and Direct Environs

by Mark J. Dekkers 14 May 202121 July 2022

New data on ancient burnt structures is integrated into a superior spherical cap field model for Europe.

Ilustración que ejemplifica la Cuenca del Valle de México, los diferentes componentes del subsuelo, líneas que indican el nivel de subsidencia y las direcciones de los flujos de recarga del acuífero al 2020
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La inminente crisis del hundimiento del suelo en la Ciudad de México

by L. O’Hanlon 12 May 20219 May 2023

Una nueva investigación revela la causa del rápido hundimiento y fracturación del suelo de la Ciudad de México.

Five plots showing the paleosecular variation of the geomagnetic field in the composite record from Black Sea cores.
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Marine Isotope Stage 6: First High-Resolution Field Record

by Mark J. Dekkers 12 May 202127 January 2023

A 200-year resolution record from the Black Sea for marine isotope stage 6 (130-180 ka) shows a stable geomagnetic field.

Two maps of the Japanese islands showing distribution of volcanoes (top) and areas of large crustal earthquakes analyzed in this study (bottom).
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The First Systematic Search for Enervated Earthquakes

by Satoshi Ide 11 May 20218 December 2022

High quality data from Japan provides answers on where and when “enervated” earthquakes occur.

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