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Plate tectonics

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Zircons and Plate Tectonics

by Vincent Salters 29 April 20229 May 2023

New data on ancient zircons points to a transition from stagnant lid to subduction style tectonics at 3.6 Ga ago.

Cartoon illustrating the formation of depressed sedimentary basins and uplifted shoulder in continental rifts.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

The Lost Topography Around Continental Rifts

by Fabio A. Capitanio 28 April 202228 October 2022

Numerical models provide quantitative constraints on topography lost to erosion, showing how the sediment influx in a sedimentary basin reflects its tectonic and topographic evolution.

A large hot spring bubbles and steams in the mountains of the Tibetan Plateau.
Posted inNews

Hot Springs Suggest How the Tibetan Plateau Became the Roof of the World

by Saima May Sidik 20 April 202223 February 2023

Helium isotopes found in water samples provide a snapshot of what lies beneath the plateau and stimulate debate within the geosciences community.

Three rescue workers search through the rubble of a building destroyed by the 1999 Izmit earthquake in Turkey.
Posted inNews

Do Earthquakes and Tectonic Plates Have a Two-Way Relationship?

Tim Hornyak, Science Writer by Tim Hornyak 18 April 20223 October 2022

A catastrophic earthquake in Turkey in 1999 changed the motion of the Anatolian plate, according to a study that could change the fundamentals of quake models.

A dog sits next to a backpack on a dirt road in a desert landscape.
Posted inFeatures

Incredible Journeys on the Crown of the Continent

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 15 April 202215 April 2022

Living in Geologic Time: The making, breaking, and backpacking of North America’s Continental Divide.

Rocky high mountain landscape under a clear blue sky, with vegetation and a small lake in the foreground.
Posted inScience Updates

A Puzzle Mat for Assembling Colombia’s Geologic History

by Carolina Ortiz-Guerrero 11 April 202210 April 2023

A new database compiles all the available pieces of information about Colombia’s geochronology, offering scientists a consistent framework in which to view and study the data in a broader context.

Dynamic topography in the Banda arc and Weber Deep.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Transient Mantle Flow Triggers Morphotectonic Activity in Asia

by Claudio Faccenna 8 April 20224 August 2023

Changes in mantle dynamics following the Australian collision in southeast Asia triggered fast and intense morphotectonic activity at the surface.

Tree-lined cliffs and hills rise from a coastal beach where ocean waves gently wash ashore.
Posted inFeatures

Exploring Subduction Zone Geohazards on Land and at Sea

by Mong-Han Huang, Kristin Morell, Alison Duvall, Sean F. Gallen and George E. Hilley 25 March 20221 June 2022

A new initiative is bringing together scientists to address fundamental questions about subduction zone geohazards, using the latest advances in observation technology and computational resources.

Two people stand on the edge of a road, looking at a straight crack, representing the surface trace of a fault, the cuts across the road and offsets its painted centerline.
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Striking Out into the Field to Track Slip on the Sumatran Fault

by Karen Lythgoe, Umar Muksin, Arifullah, Andrean Simanjuntak and Shengji Wei 16 March 202223 June 2022

An international team overcame many challenges, including from the COVID-19 pandemic, to deploy a dense seismic network along an understudied fault system that poses hazards to millions in Indonesia.

The coastline of Nova Scotia in eastern Canada
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The Role of Magma in the Birth of the Atlantic Ocean

by Jack Lee 25 January 202225 January 2022

High-resolution seismic models of the Nova Scotia margin reveal a role for magmatism in continental breakup, even at magma-poor sections of the eastern North American margin.

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