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Seismometers are giving scientists a clearer look at a giant scar under the American Midwest

Geology Page - September 27, 2016

Time slices of the computational geodynamic model showing dripping continental root and eventual surface uplift over a 4.5 million year period across Turkey's Central Anatolian Plateau

Geophysicists uncover new evidence for an alternative style of plate tectonics

Things are really quieting down on planet Earth. Credit: The Royal Observatory of Belgium.

Thanks to COVID-19, nothing’s moving—and seismologists can tell

$Hydraulic fracturing rarely linked to felt seismic tremors$

Hydraulic fracturing rarely linked to felt seismic tremors

Seismic ‘CT scans’ reveal deep earth dynamics

The movement of seismic waves through the material of the mantle allows scientists to image Earth's interior, just as a medical ultrasound allows technicians to look inside a blood vessel

Mysterious deep-Earth seismic signature explained

Geology Page - November 23, 2017

A seismic mapping milestone

Geology Page - March 29, 2017

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Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior

Geology Page - November 17, 2018

seismic waves are essentially blind to a very common substance found throughout the Earth's interior: water.

Scientists find seismic imaging is blind to water

Geology Page - March 15, 2018

Rapid uplift of Southern Tibet

Geology Page - June 7, 2017

Geophysicist Helps Develop High-Res Map of Earth’s Magnetic Field

Geology Page - April 14, 2017

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Study uses seismic noise to track water levels in underground aquifers

Geology Page - August 23, 2018

Seismic study aims to map Earth’s interior in 3-D

Geology Page - March 17, 2015

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The songs of fin whales offer new avenue for seismic studies...

Geology Page - February 15, 2021

Seismically active Katmandu region in store for larger earthquake

Geology Page - December 7, 2016

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Drilling into the mysteries of seismic activity

Geology Page - October 21, 2017

The Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX) collected reflection seismic data along more than 2000 km of trackline shown in yellow.

Seismic research cruise provides new data on US Atlantic margin gas...

Geology Page - September 22, 2018

This illustration shows how the changes in the electromagnetic properties of xenon, iron, and nickel under these intense pressures allow for the formation of XeFe3 and XeNi3.

Do you know where your xenon is?

Geology Page - March 1, 2018

Study details evidence for past large earthquakes in the Eastern Tennessee...

Geology Page - June 27, 2017

Model of a plant with one or several boreholes.

Optimized positioning of geothermal boreholes reduces seismicity

Geology Page - April 24, 2018

$Study reveals two seismic processes by which hydraulic fracturing induces tremors$

Study reveals two seismic processes by which hydraulic fracturing induces tremors

Geology Page - November 18, 2016

Marine Denolle (right) and her team, including Jiuxun Yin (left) and Brad Lipovsky, created numerical models to predict an earthquake’s final magnitude 10 to 15 seconds faster than today’s best algorithms. Credit: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

Predicting the strength of earthquakes

Geology Page - August 8, 2019

Seismic recordings with bell ringing signals in four European locations to mark the passage of time: Lunas (France), Riolos (Greece), Sta. Marيa de Montmagastrell (Spain) y Oriolo (Italy). Each plot corresponds to one day. Each trace represents the same minute at every hour on that day. Time scale is in seconds. (Image: Jordi Dيaz, ICTJA-CSIC)

How seismometers record church bells ringing

Geology Page - June 17, 2020

A snapshot of seismic data taken at a single station during the peak of an aftershock sequence

Q&A: Creating a “Virtual Seismologist”

Geology Page - January 6, 2019

Three water-filled maars, created by volcanic eruptions, in Germany’s Eifel region. Credit: Martin Schildgen/Wikimedia Commons

New evidence of long-term volcanic, seismic risks in northern Europe

Geology Page - July 16, 2020

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