News tagged with paleomagnetism

Simulations, ancient magnetism suggest mantle plumes may bend deep beneath Earth's crust

Computer simulations, paleomagnetism and plate motion histories described in today's issue of Science reveal how hotspots, centers of erupting magma that sit atop columns of hot mantle that were once though ...

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Volcanic destruction? Not always

For many, the story of Pompeii defines what happens when a volcano erupts: It destroys everything in its path and kills everyone who cannot escape.

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created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

How old is the Earth's core? Maybe older than you thought

(PhysOrg.com) -- Another discovery by a Michigan Technological University researcher could send shockwaves across the world of earth science.

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Ancient lunar dynamo may explain magnetized moon rocks

The presence of magnetized rocks on the surface of the moon, which has no global magnetic field, has been a mystery since the days of the Apollo program. Now a team of scientists has proposed a novel mechanism ...

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Humans shaped stone axes 1.8 million years ago, study says

A new study suggests that Homo erectus, a precursor to modern humans, was using advanced toolmaking methods in East Africa 1.8 million years ago, at least 300,000 years earlier than previously thought. The st ...

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A billion-year-old piece of North America traced back to Antarctica

An international team of researchers has found the strongest evidence yet that parts of North America and Antarctica were connected 1.1 billion years ago, long before the supercontinent Pangaea formed.

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Fossils of forest rodents found in highland desert

Two new rodent fossils were discovered in the arid highlands of southern Bolivia by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías.

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Two rare hipparion species found from pliocene deposits of inner Mongolia

Pang Li-Bo, a graduate student paleontologist from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, identified two rare species of Hipparion- Hipparion (Baryhipparion) ...

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created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New species of Nannocricetus found in Damiao of Nei Mongol

Dr. Zhang Zhao-Qun, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his colleagues, recently described a new cricetid species of Late Miocene, Nannocricetus wuae, ...

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created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research shows using leaves' characteristics improves accuracy measuring past climates

A study led by Baylor University geologists shows that a new method that uses different size and shape traits of leaves to reconstruct past climates over the last 120 million years is more accurate than other current methods.

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created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cold asteroids may have a soft heart

A new analysis of one of the most well-known meteorites on Earth provides strong evidence that the prevailing view of many asteroids is wrong. Rather than randomly mixed blobs of rock and dust stuck together, ...

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