Science news articles about 'geological studies'

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A United States Geological Study of more than 300 wells across the nation suggests the wells haven't retained high concentrations of pesticide contamination.

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they are conducting the first geologic study of underwater seduction zone faults that produce mega-thrust earthquakes and tsunamis.

... one of the earliest forms of primates -- have been found on Ellesmere Island, said Eberle. The new Geology study also foreshadows the impacts of continuing global warming on Arctic plants and animals ...

... activity in the African Rift. The study, published in the November issue of Geology, studies the section of the rift in Kenya. "The Kenyan Rift volcanoes are part of a larger Great Rift Valley ...

... Meert, a UF associate professor of geology. Agreed Abhijit Basu, a professor of geological studies at Indiana University: "The required revision is enormous – 500 million years or about 11 percent ...

... taken the ship through the Northwest Passage into the Canadian Basin where geophysical and geological studies will be carried out along profiles into the Makarov Basin to study the tectonic history ...

RESTON, Va., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A geological study of South America suggests the Andes Mountains may hold a treasure trove of undiscovered minerals, researchers said.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 2004 was the biggest in the Indian Ocean in some 600 years, two new geological studies suggest....

... earthquakes and tsunamis. The Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) is the first geologic study of the underwater subduction zone faults that give rise to the massive earthquakes ...

Explosive geological studies on a Canadian island disrupted by activist.