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A fresh surface rupture of the Kekerengu fault, taken 4 days after the Kaikoura earthquake, with lead author Jesse Kearse leaning next to a curved slickenline (the subject of this article). Photo credit - Professor Tim Little (Victoria University of Wellington).

Curved slickenlines preserve the direction of rupture propagation

Geology Page - July 14, 2019

Tibetan Plateau

Folding faults and seismic risk in the Kunlun range, Northwest Tibet

San Andreas Fault

California’s current earthquake hiatus is an unlikely pause

San Andreas Fault

Signs of 1906 earthquake revealed in mapping of offshore northern San Andreas Fault

Carbon dioxide emissions can be securely stored in underground rocks, with minimal possibility of the gas escaping from fault lines back into the atmosphere, research by the University of Edinburgh has shown. Credit: Johannes Miocic

Fault lines are no barrier to safe storage of CO2 below ground

Better understanding post-earthquake fault movement

Geology Page - July 19, 2016

San Andreas Fault

Some earthquakes on San Andreas Fault triggered by gravitational tug of...

Geology Page - July 19, 2016

Earthquake prediction: An innovative technique for monitoring submarine faults

Geology Page - July 14, 2016

San Andreas Fault

New analysis reveals large-scale motion around San Andreas Fault System

Geology Page - June 21, 2016

New study finds major earthquake threat from the Riasi fault in...

Geology Page - May 18, 2016

Rainwater may play an important role in the process that triggers...

Geology Page - April 28, 2016

Earth Observatory of Singapore show that slow fault movements may indicate...

Geology Page - April 5, 2016

Faults control the amount of water flowing into the Earth during...

Geology Page - March 8, 2016

Researchers find that earthquakes on thrust faults can spread 10 times...

Geology Page - February 9, 2016

Can slow creep along thrust faults help forecast megaquakes?

Geology Page - February 5, 2016

What do lentils have to do with geology?

Geology Page - January 27, 2016

Scientists pinpoint unbroken section of Nepal fault line and show why...

Geology Page - January 12, 2016

Maximum observed earthquake magnitudes along continental transform faults

Geology Page - December 8, 2015

Research calls for rethink of Alpine Fault

Geology Page - September 2, 2015

Research redefines the properties of faults when rock melts

Geology Page - July 1, 2015

A deep, dark mystery: New discoveries about the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone...

Geology Page - June 30, 2015

Reactivating fault slip with fluid injection

Geology Page - June 12, 2015

Geologist collaborates on study to determine mechanism associated with fault weakening

Geology Page - May 19, 2015

Scientists begin monitoring tremors on San Andreas Fault

Geology Page - May 9, 2015

Tidal tugs on Teflon faults drive slow-slipping earthquakes

Geology Page - April 27, 2015

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