Science news articles about 'geological features'

  • Fire under the ice

    ... year. To detect little earthquakes, which accompany geological processes, we have to deploy our seismometers on drifting ice ... by means of the accompanying earthquakes. We want to know, which geological features led to a gas pressure so ...
  • Mercury's surface dominated by volcanism and iron-deficiency

    ... units that correspond to lava flows, volcanos, and other geological features. At the same time, the spacecraft's suite ... rocks using their multispectral colors. Robinson, a professor of geology in ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration ...
  • Caltech researchers find ancient climate cycles recorded in Mars rocks

    ... and regular environment than you would guess from other geologic features that indicate catastrophic floods, volcanic ... extent of the information contained within these natural geologic archives," he says. "One of the fun things about this project ...
  • Research pays off in gold

    ... in northern Sweden, Glenn Bark has studied the geological features that are important to the formation of gold deposits. What's more, the results are proving to be directly useful to the project's industrial ...
  • Wenchuan earthquake mudslides emit greenhouse gas

    ... Wenchuan, China earthquake, ranked by the US Geological Survey as the 11th deadliest earthquake ever ... by many aftershocks in the Sichuan Basin, an area that, because of its geological features - deep valleys enclosed by high ...
  • Simulations and ancient magnetism suggest mantle plumes may bend deep beneath Earth's crust

    ... mantle plumes are responsible for some of the Earth's most dramatic geological features, such as the Hawaiian islands and Yellowstone National ... may also help explain seemingly anomalous volcanic features on the seafloor, and help geoscientists to use ancient volcanic ...
  • Better living through chemistry

    ... of a mud volcano or brine pool is short by geologic standards--on the order of tens of thousands of years ... by the microbial communities are unique to each type of geologic feature. "The diversity and distribution of the microbes we studied ...
  • Princeton geoscientist offers new evidence that meteorite did not wipe out dinosaurs

    ... Cenozoic Era, the "Age of Mammals." On a finer geological scale, the disappearances occurred between the Cretaceous (K ... and her team were able to date the surrounding geologic features and begin to piece together proof ...
  • First comprehensive geological Arctic map published

    Canada has unveiled the first comprehensive Arctic atlas, detailing geological features that point to where oil and gas, gold and diamond deposits are likely hidden beneath snow and ice.
  • How the moon got its stripes

    ... and a subsurface ocean on Enceladus- one of Saturn's many moons. These geological features are believed to be the result of the moon's unusual ... revealed Enceladus as a dynamic place, recording geological features such as geysers emerging from the 'tiger stripes ...
  • How Saturn's Moon Got Its Stripes

    ... study has revealed the origins of tiger stripes and a subsurface ocean on Enceladus -- one of Saturn's many moons. These geological features are believed to be the result of the moon's unusual ...
  • Mini Gradiometer Could Map Other Planets' Gravity Fields

    ... field of Earth or another planet, scientists can gain insight into that planet's otherwise hidden geological features ...
  • First complete image created of Himalayan fault, subduction zone

    ... Himalaya Mountains, in the process discovering some unusual geologic features that may explain how the region has evolved. Their findings ... and south sides – likely at different times in its geologic history. In this project, funded primarily by the National ...
  • Princeton paleomagnetists put controversy to rest

    ... in the Lake Superior region. The lavas erupted when geologic forces attempted to tear apart central ... Rodinia together by comparing rocks with similar geological features that are now widely dispersed. Knowing ...
  • Fracture zones endanger tombs in Valley of Kings

    ... feet and can be as long as a mile. Lineaments are similar geological features that exceed one mile in length. Geologists ... and one is completely off of this type of geological structure. The importance of these geological features is not just that they allow easier ...

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