Active faults more accessible to geologists
The October GSA Today science paper introduces the "Active Tectonics of the Andes Database," which will provide more data to more geoscientists.
Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2012
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News tagged with geophysical data
Geology student drills into Tohoku quake source
(Phys.org) -- For the past eight weeks, geoscience graduate student Tamara Jeppson has traded her usual commute, from her Madison apartment to Weeks Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, for a single flight ...
Earth Sciences
May 23, 2012
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Landsat satellites track Yellowstone's underground heat
(PhysOrg.com) -- Yellowstone National Park sits on top of a vast, ancient, and still active volcano. Heat pours off its underground magma chamber, and is the fuel for Yellowstone's famous features -- more than 10,000 hot ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 8, 2011
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New map reveals what lies beneath the frozen continent
Scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have produced the most detailed map of underneath Antarctica -- its rock bed.
Earth Sciences
Dec 6, 2011
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Scientists predict faster retreat for Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier
The retreat of Antarctica's fast-flowing Thwaites Glacier is expected to speed up within 20 years, once the glacier detaches from an underwater ridge that is currently holding it back, says a new study in Geophysical Research ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 26, 2011
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Data From Newest Ocean Satellite Ready for Their 'Close-up'
Following a year of calibration and validation by an international team of scientists, fully-validated, research-quality sea surface height data from the NASA/French Space Agency Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 satellite ...
Space Exploration
Aug 7, 2009
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CSI: Pisco, Peru -- Study uncovers tectonic events behind earthquake
A magnitude 8.0. earthquake destroyed 90 percent of the city of Pisco, Peru on August 16, 2007. The event killed 595 people, while another 318 were missing. Tsunami waves were observed locally, off the shore of Chile, and ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2009
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