Plate Tectonics

Enhanced views of Earth tectonics

Deposits from a landslide outside Pahrump, Nevada.

Nobody wins in a landslide

Christopher DuRoss of the USGS updates maps of the trench walls while sitting on one of the benches excavated across the sackungen. Flags on the wall denote different layers of sediment the team identified that moved during past earthquake events. Credit: Ryan Gold.

Punctuated earthquakes for New Madrid area: New research uncovers cluster of...

Ed Garrett of Durham University examines bleached coralline algae related to the the 2016 magnitude 7.6 Chiloé earthquake in Chile. Credit: Martin Brader

White line of algae deaths marks uplift in 2016 Chilean earthquake

Elephant Rock, Iceland

The region where the new species of sauropod was found is unusual as it would have been a desert during that era, 110 million years ago

Paleontologists discover new sauropod species in Argentina

Giant nocturnal elephant birds are shown foraging in the ancient forests of Madagascar at night.

Giant flightless birds were nocturnal and possibly blind

This hydrothermal chimney was one of several discovered by MBARI scientists in the southern Pescadero Basin.

Researchers help map and scout for hydrothermal vents in Gulf of...

This is an aerial view of hydraulic fracturing operations across the Jonah field, a large natural gas field in Wyoming.

Where water goes after fracking is tied to earthquake risk

An assortment of paleognath and neognath bird eggs and a fossil theropod egg (on the right).

Dinosaurs put all colored birds’ eggs in one basket, evolutionarily speaking

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