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Deciphering the Bay of Bengal's Tectonic Origins

by Terri Cook 22 August 20164 May 2022

New magnetic and gravity data suggest that the boundary between continental and oceanic crust lies beneath northern Bangladesh, along the line of an Early Cretaceous spreading center.

A view from the shores of Palau; near here, the East Asian Sea vanished 10 million years ago
Posted inResearch Spotlights

An Ancient Sea Once Separated the Pacific and Indian Oceans

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 3 August 201623 January 2023

Seafloor under the hypothesized East Asian Sea vanished 10 million years ago as surrounding plates swallowed it up, according to new reconstructions of plate tectonics in the Philippine Sea region.

Japanese-islands-earthquake-tsunami-volcanic-eruption-lithospheric-plate-convergence
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mapping the Movement of Energy Under Japan

Leah Crane by L. Crane 1 August 20168 July 2024

New research on the energy waves caused by earthquakes provides the most detailed map to date of the subduction zone beneath Japan.

David Mackenzie with a balloon and a camera to survey 1889 earthquake ruptures.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracking Down Elusive Origins of Kazakhstan's 1889 Chilik Quake

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 22 July 20165 October 2022

New fieldwork and satellite data suggest that three faults may have caused a large earthquake near Almaty, Kazakhstan, more than a century ago.

US crustal thickness map.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Novel Technique Finds New Features Under United States

by Terri Cook 29 June 201627 January 2023

A new high-fidelity tomography harnesses USArray data to expose a wealth of noteworthy crustal and upper mantle structures, including previously unknown anomalies beneath the Appalachians.

The Devil City is a wind-erosion landform near the town of Urho in northwestern China. It lies above an ancient subduction zone.
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Traces of Ancient Buried Subduction Zone Found in China

by L. Strelich 22 June 201622 June 2016

A combination of observations and modeling reveals evidence of a late Paleozoic intraoceanic subduction zone in the western Junggar region of northwest China.

Micrograph of a recrystallized quartz aggregate from a high-temperature shear zone in Italy’s Truzzo granite, showing a grain boundary migration microstructure.
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Despite Dryness, Quartz Grains Can Deform in Earth's Crust

by Terri Cook 6 June 20161 October 2021

A comparison of water content in undeformed and deformed quartz indicates that grains may change shape via weakening processes that cannot be duplicated in laboratory experiments.

Micrographs of melted asperities due to flash heating during laboratory earthquakes.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Flash Heating May Lubricate Rubbing Rock Faces in Earthquakes

by David Shultz 24 May 20166 October 2021

A new laboratory study examines the small-scale physics at play as two pieces of granite are smashed together in a scaled-down version of a real earthquake.

Satellite image of the island of Hawaii.
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A Hole in Earth’s Surface

by W. Yan 26 April 20169 November 2022

Research shows that a broken lithosphere underneath the island of Hawai'i could explain the island's patterns of seismic activity.

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Icelandic Eruption Caused Record-Breaking Sulfur Dioxide Release

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 14 March 20168 October 2021

Satellite and ground-based data reveal sulfur dioxide flux, trace element release, and preeruption magma movement.

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