News tagged with geophysical journal international
Impact study: Princeton model shows fallout of a giant meteorite strike
(PhysOrg.com) -- Seeking to better understand the level of death and destruction that would result from a large meteorite striking the Earth, Princeton University researchers have developed a new model that ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Video simulations of real earthquakes made available to worldwide network
A Princeton University-led research team has developed the capability to produce realistic movies of earthquakes based on complex computer simulations that can be made available worldwide within hours of a ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Twenty-year study yields precise model of tectonic-plate movements
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new model of the Earth, 20 years in the making, describes a dynamic three-dimensional puzzle of planetary proportions.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Purdue researchers studied Haitian fault; warned of potential for a large earthquake (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The potential for large earthquakes in Haiti and the Dominican Republic was forecast by a model of the northeastern Caribbean created by a team of experts.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 18, 2010 |
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Solar Cycle Driven by More than Sunspots
(PhysOrg.com) -- Challenging conventional wisdom, new research finds that the number of sunspots provides an incomplete measure of changes in the Sun's impact on Earth over the course of the 11-year solar ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 17, 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 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2009 |
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