News tagged with geophysicists

New Technology Allows Geophysicist To Test Theory About Formation of Hawaii (w/ Podcast)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 11, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you've ever been to Hawaii, you probably spent your time enjoying the scenery of the beautiful islands, rather than wondering how they got to be there in the first place. But that's just what scientists ...

Underwater gas may hold clues on Turkey quake risk

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Natural gas that lies under Turkey's Marmara Sea close to Istanbul could provide advance warning of an earthquake experts believe will hit the country's largest city, scientists said on Tuesday.

As the World Churns

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 28, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (14) | 23

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Terra firma." It's Latin for "solid Earth." Most of the time, at least from our perspective here on the ground, Earth seems to be just that: solid. Yet the Earth beneath our feet is actually ...

Yellowstone's plumbing exposed

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 14, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (49) | 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- The most detailed seismic images yet published of the plumbing that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano shows a plume of hot and molten rock rising at an angle from the northwest at a depth ...

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