News tagged with oceanic crust
Diamonds show how Earth is recycled
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny minerals found inside diamonds have provided us with a rare glimpse of the Earth’s deepest secrets. This exciting new research by a team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, ...
X-rays use diamonds as a window to the center of the Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 12, 2008 |
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Diamonds from Brazil have provided the answers to a question that Earth scientists have been trying to understand for many years: how is oceanic crust that has been subducted deep into the Earth recycled back into volcanic ...
Solomon Islands earthquake sheds light on enhanced tsunami risk
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2009 |
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The 2007 Solomon Island earthquake may point to previously unknown increased earthquake and tsunami risks because of the unusual tectonic plate geography and the sudden change in direction of the earthquake, ...
Oceanic crust formation is dynamic after all
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Imagine the Earth's crust as the planet's skin: Some areas are old and wrinkled while others have a fresher, more youthful sheen, as if they had been regularly lathered with lotion.
Fingerprinting slow earthquakes (w/Podcast)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The most powerful earthquakes happen at the junction of two converging tectonic plates, where one plate is sliding (or subducting) beneath the other. Now a team of researchers, led by Teh-Ru ...
Scientists develop model to map continental margins
Sep 08, 2008 |
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new exploration method to assist the oil and gas industry in identifying more precisely where the oceans and continents meet.
