All Articles Tagged As: tectonic plates

Icelandic Volcanoes Help Researchers Understand Potential Effects Of Eruptions (7/15/2008)

For the first time, researchers have taken a detailed look at what lies beneath all of Iceland's volcanoes – and found a world far more complex than they ever imagined. ...> Full Article

Andes Mountains grew in rapid spurts, not slowly, researcher says (6/6/2008)

Mountain building may occur in faster fits and spurts than previously realized ...> Full Article

Scientists aim to unlock deep-sea 'secrets' of Earth's crust (5/15/2008)

Scientists to use robots to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to study the growth of underwater volcanoes that build the Earth's crust. ...> Full Article

Journey to the Center of the Earth: Discovery Sheds Light on Mantle Formation (4/13/2008)

Geologist unearths ancient rocks from ocean floor dating back two billion years ...> Full Article

One Year After Solomon Islands Disaster, Scientists Realize Geological Barrier to Earthquakes Weaker than Expected (4/3/2008)

On the one year anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in the Solomon Islands that killed 52 people and displaced more than 6,000, scientists are revising their understanding of the potential for similar giant earthquakes in other parts of the globe. ...> Full Article

New findings from Tibetan Plateau suggest uplift occurred in stages (3/26/2008)

The vast Tibetan Plateau--the world's highest and largest plateau, bordered by the world's highest mountains--has long challenged geologists trying to understand how and when the region rose to such spectacular heights. New evidence from an eight-year study by U.S. and Chinese researchers indicates that the plateau rose in stages, with uplift occurring first in the central plateau and later in regions to the north and south. ...> Full Article

Earthquake predictions prove accurate for researchers (3/3/2008)

Two large earthquakes have occurred in quick succession in Sumatra, Western Indonesia, only months after University of Queensland researchers publicly identified the area as a high-risk zone for seismic activity. ...> Full Article

Earthquake theory stretched in Central Asia study (2/26/2008)

The entrenched political instability in Pakistan and Afghanistan is of grave concern to many in the West - but now geologists at ANU have suggested a new cause for the seismic instability that regularly rocks the region. ...> Full Article

Surprise On Journey To Center Of The Earth: Light Tectonic Plates Lead The Way (2/25/2008)

The first direct evidence of how and when tectonic plates move into the deepest reaches of the Earth has been detailed in Nature. Scientists hope their description of how plates collide with one sliding below the other into the rocky mantle could potentially improve their ability to assess earthquake risks. ...> Full Article

Paired earthquakes separated in time and space (1/31/2008)

Earthquakes occurring at the edges of tectonic plates can trigger events at a distance and much later in time, according to a team of researchers reporting in today's (Jan. 31) issue of Nature. These doublet earthquakes may hold an underestimated hazard, but may also shed light on earthquake dynamics. ...> Full Article

Deep-ocean researchers target tsunami zone near Japan (1/15/2008)

Geologists search Nankai Trough for quake clues ...> Full Article