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Studying the snowmelt episodes of a Pyrenean river with a seismometer

Geology Page - November 7, 2019

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

$Aerial view of the hydraulic fracturing rig at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site. Credit: Matthew Hampson, Cuadrilla Resources Ltd$

Predicting seismic activity at fracking sites to prevent earthquakes

The output of the proposed methodology, which is a two-part optimization process that refines a common technique used to image salt bodies. The black area represents the salt region. Credit: Mahesh Kalita

Solving the salt problem for seismic imaging

The seismological station Patache is located at an altitude of 830 meters less then two kilometers away from the coast. Credit: C. Sens-Schönfelder, GFZ

Sun, moon and sea as part of a ‘seismic probe’

Seismic experiment in Alaska could shed light on slow earthquakes

Geology Page - January 15, 2015

The “Potsdam gravity potato” shows variations in Earth’s gravity

Geology Page - December 2, 2014

First harvest of research based on the final GOCE gravity model

Geology Page - November 30, 2014

Seismic Hazard in the Puget Lowland, Washington State, USA

Geology Page - November 15, 2014

Urban seismic network detects human sounds

Geology Page - October 30, 2014

Advancing the state-of-the-art in seismic science

Geology Page - September 30, 2014

Seismic hazards reassessed in the Andes

Geology Page - September 3, 2014

Seafloor experts publish new view of zone where Malaysia Airlines flight...

Geology Page - May 27, 2014

Research finds human impact may cause Sierra Nevada to rise, increase...

Geology Page - May 25, 2014

Giant catfish and a legacy of disaster in one of the...

Geology Page - March 30, 2014

Seismic gap outside of Istanbul “Is this where the expected Marmara...

Geology Page - June 19, 2013

‘Caldas tear’ resolves puzzling seismic activity beneath Colombia

Geology Page - June 6, 2013

Using chaos to model geophysical phenomena

Geology Page - September 15, 2011

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