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Small, white zircon crystals of various shapes and sizes appear against a black background.
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Prospecting for Copper with Machine Learning and Zircons

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 23 February 202323 February 2023

Using artificial intelligence, researchers can now identify zircons derived from valuable copper deposits.

An orb-shaped ocean bottom seismometer descending into the sea surface
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Small-Scale Convection Shuffles the Oceanic Lithosphere

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 21 February 20238 July 2024

Seafloor spreading organized lithospheric minerals into a lattice, but small-scale convection jumbled up the innermost layer.

Aerial photo of study site and two graphs.
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Large Geomagnetic Field Changes Recorded by Archeomagnetism

by Agnes Kontny 14 February 202314 March 2023

A rare case of absolute paleointensity data in sub-centennial resolution from an archeological site provide much higher values than predicted by existing magnetic field models.

Diagram of a fault zone
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Upscaling Slip and Friction From Grains to the Fault Core

by François Renard 10 February 20238 February 2023

Numerical simulations demonstrate how averaging deformations at the grain scale may unravel the macroscopic friction and unstable slip behavior of a fault core.

Simulations of crack initiation in a quartz grain.
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CO2 Reduces the Onset of Fracturing at the Nanoscale in Quartz

by François Renard 9 February 20238 February 2023

Large scale molecular dynamics simulations unravel the coupled processes at work during fracturing and flow of carbon dioxide and water in quartz grains at the nanoscale.

An aerial view of a beige and green landscape on the San Andreas fault
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A New Measure of Roughness Could Advance Earthquake Geophysics

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 8 February 20238 February 2023

Scientists recently developed an alternative way to measure a rock’s roughness. It might help them understand the physics of faults.

背景是群山和蓝天,前景是绿色的牧场。一条路从前景延伸到群山。
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新的构造板块模型可改进地震风险评估

by Morgan Rehnberg 18 January 202319 January 2023

新西兰构造板块的一个新模型可以识别地震可能性增加的区域。

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New Tectonic Plate Model Could Improve Earthquake Risk Assessment

by Morgan Rehnberg 21 December 202218 January 2023

A new model of tectonic plates in New Zealand may identify areas of increased earthquake likelihood.

Two maps showing the location and main tectonic features of the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake.
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Coseismic Displacement of 1987 Earthquake from Aerial Images

by Daniel Melnick 8 December 20226 December 2022

Differencing digital surface topography models constructed from historical aerial photographs reveal the coseismic surface displacement field of the 1987 earthquake in northern New Zealand.

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Enhancing Earthquake Detection from Orbit

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 2 December 20222 December 2022

A new application of machine learning boosts scientists’ ability to use data from satellite navigation systems to detect and warn of earthquakes.

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