The mantle transition zone (MTZ), which occurs 410–670 kilometers below Earth's surface, may store several oceans' worth of water. This water, which is carried to such depths by subducting tectonic ...

ABSTRACT: Geological deformations are generally attributed to compressional, extensional and strike-slip processes. Since the breakup of Gondwana, torque deformation has been responsible for the ...

A flurry of earthquakes in the Seattle area over the last couple of weeks has some residents asking if that means the "Big ...

This map, which shows glaciers and tributaries in patterned flows, was created using the same data that Stanford researchers used to train an AI model that revealed some of the fundamental physics ...

A low-velocity anomaly in the upper mantle beneath the Coral Sea, may be interpreted as a thermomechanical plume which interacts with subducting slabs, affecting offset intraplate volcanism and ...

Engelmann spruce trees killed by the spruce beetle in Colorado’s Rio Grande National Forest. Insects and disease were the main culprits causing Colorado’s forests to become a carbon source in recent ...

A new study, published in Nature Climate Change, reveals that the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) could reach unprecedented magnitudes by the end of the century, leading to severe impacts such as ...

These tend to be the most destructive earthquakes. In South Carolina the cause of the intraplate earthquakes is not so clear. From 2011 to 2024 South Carolina experienced 274 earthquakes ...

"This area experiences much plate movement as Santa Cruz Island "has upper plate strike-slip and normal faulting, plate boundary under-thrusting, outer rise extensional faulting, and intraplate ...