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Researchers use radar satellite imagery to measure changes in the topography of Ecuador’s El Reventador volcano
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Using Radar to Understand How Volcanic Eruptions Evolve

by Terri Cook 5 January 201827 October 2021

Radar satellite imagery can be used to measure constructional changes in the topography of long-lived volcanoes, according to a new study of Ecuador’s El Reventador volcano.

Researchers validate a new imaging method to characterize coal fractures
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Testing a New Tool That Illuminates Tiny Fractures in Coal

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 4 January 201815 March 2022

A computational model outperforms a widely used microcomputed tomography imaging method in characterizing coal fractures.

A panoramic view of the Lusi eruption, in Indonesia, from December 2013.
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What Feeds Indonesia’s Destructive Mud Eruption?

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 2 January 201827 October 2021

New advances in seismic investigations suggest links in plumbing between nearby magma volcanoes and a mud-erupting system that has been spewing for more than a decade.

Researchers examine unusual ground motion associated with the deepest major earthquake in the seismological record.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Curious Case of the Ultradeep 2015 Ogasawara Earthquake

by Terri Cook 28 December 20172 March 2022

Unusual ground motion associated with the deepest major earthquake in the seismological record is due to both its great depth and its origin away from the subducting slab.

Secondary electron microscope images showing microstructures of stressed grains.
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Probing the Grain-Scale Processes That Drive Plate Tectonics

by Terri Cook 8 December 201722 September 2022

New experimental data suggest that rock composition may play a critical role in forming and perpetuating shear zones.

Three-dimensional imaging unveils the dynamics inside an active volcano
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Looking Inside an Active Italian Volcano

by E. Underwood 17 November 201729 September 2022

Scientists use 3-D imaging to reveal Solfatara crater’s inner plumbing.

Researchers assess how drought and groundwater drawdown impact land elevation in California’s Central Valley
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Tracing Water’s Path Through the Santa Clara Valley Aquifer

by S. Witman 10 November 20171 November 2021

In an increasingly drought prone climate, scientists study the impacts of drought on aquifer systems.

A new mathematical approach helps scientists monitor the shifting features on Earth’s surface
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Baseline to Monitor Earth’s Dynamic Surface

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 26 September 20178 April 2022

Researchers devise a new mathematical approach to combine space- and ground-based observations into an alternative reference frame for monitoring the changing positions of Earth’s features.

Researchers analyze how ambient seismic waves are affected by volcanic activity
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Quiet Volcanic Activity Changes Speed of Ambient Seismic Waves

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 19 September 201711 May 2022

Seismic data collected continuously for 4 years could improve understanding of geological structures that underlie Japan’s Izu Oshima volcanic island.

Researchers look at environmental conditions in the Cascadia subduction zone to better understand earthquake hazards
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Revising an Innovative Way to Study Cascadia Megaquakes

by S. Witman 12 September 201710 March 2022

Researchers probe natural environments near subduction zones to decrypt underlying mechanisms of major earthquakes.

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