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Geotimes October 2007 Carolyn Gramling |
Talc May Reduce Friction at Creeping Fault A three-kilometer-deep borehole drilled by SAFOD in 2005 crossed the central "creeping" part of the San Andreas Fault, producing rock cuttings containing both serpentinite and talc. |
Wired July 2004 Brendan I. Koerner |
The Seismic Underground It's the sweet spot of the San Andreas fault, the perfect place to build the ultimate earthquake science lab. It's also 2 miles straight down. |
Geotimes August 2005 |
Drilling project finds fault A drill rig in California is being used to research the San Andreas fault. |
Geotimes October 2004 Katie Donnelly |
Petrology and Politics This scientist is preparing for her upcoming work in Washington, D.C., as the 2004-2005 Congressional Science Fellow for the American Geological Institute. |
Geotimes November 2006 Rod Combellick |
Building a Natural Gas Pipeline Through Earthquake Country With proposals now being considered to build a natural gas pipeline, it is ever-important to understand the seismic hazards along potential routes, so that the pipeline and its spurs can be properly designed and managed for seismic safety. |
Geotimes September 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Repositioning Tokyo's Fault Seismologists now think Tokyo's fault sits closer to Earth's surface than previously thought. If the fault is indeed shallower, the new assessment has the potential to revise the projected hazards Tokyo may face in the future. |
Geotimes November 2003 |
Geophenomena New pursuit of near-Earth asteroids... Finding faults in Washington... |
Geotimes December 2003 Naomi Lubick |
San Simeon Earthquake Seismologists have tentatively pegged the source of December 22's 6.5-magnitude earthquake that destroyed the landmark building in the town of Paso Robles and killed at least two people. |
Geotimes February 2006 Selby Cull |
Below Boston's Hills Above those hills is one of America's most revered historical cities, and below them are rocks that span more than half a billion years of Earth's history. |
Geotimes August 2003 Naomi Lubick |
Fast earthquakes break speed limit Some earthquakes may move faster than seismologists once thought possible. A new study published in the Aug. 8 Science shows the most convincing data yet that a large earthquake can travel down a fault at velocities that surpass theoretical limits. |
Chemistry World October 2, 2014 Susannah May |
Oil reserves put under the microscope with new lab-on-a-rock Scientists in Canada have developed a new microfluidic model carved from rock, which can replicate the conditions found in underground oil reservoirs in a laboratory with more accuracy than ever before. |
Geotimes April 2005 Peter A. Scholle |
Geologic Etiquette in a Mechanized Era Geologists should exercise more considerate choices regarding the rocks they destroy for science. |
Popular Mechanics October 5, 2009 Amber Angelle |
Earthquake Research Digs Deep to Find Timely Warning System Right now, the best that seismologists can do to "predict" earthquakes is to send out a warning immediately after activity is detected. |
Geotimes November 2007 Feldman & Tilling |
Danger Lurks Deep: The Human Impact of Volcanoes Volcanic eruptions occur infrequently, yet have the potential to unleash some of the most destructive forces on Earth. |