Geology News

The earthquake that struck southwestern China on May 12, killing more than 69,000 people, may produce ``large aftershocks in the near future,'' according to a study published in the journal Nature .

The reason you are sitting where you are right now may be because Pangaea , the most recent supercontinent to gather together all the world's landmasses together, ate itself nearly 300 million years ago.

The May 12 earthquake in southwestern China has boosted seismic stress in parts of the Sichuan basin, increasing the risk of a dangerous aftershock on some faults that are close to inhabited areas, US ...

Climate project: Dr Peter Cook holds sandstone from the Otway Basin, where 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide has been stored underground.

NOT DEAD ON ARRIVAL : The Messenger space probe sent back images of a shield volcano with an orange color on the edge of a basin that may be a source of lava AGENCIES, WASHINGTON Sunday, Jul 06, 2008, Page 7 ...

Joanne Kluessendorf's childhood travels always netted souvenirs, but they weren't gift shop trinkets.

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the largely uninhabited Kuril Islands in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

While southeastern states battle over evaporating water supplies, southwest Louisiana has an abundance of quality drinking water in the Chicot Aquifer, experts said.

University of Hawaii at Manoa scientists have found differences between lava taken from the recent eruption at Halemaumau crater and lava from Puu Oo vent.

Kilauea's lavas might hold clues to planetary formation, a research group led by Nicolas Dauphas of the University of Chicago said in a recent issue of the journal Science.

Earthquakes are pretty rare in North Dakota. But this week marks the anniversary of one.

Oscar Stohler was raised in a sod house in western North Dakota and ranched there for nearly seven decades.

A bejeweled Hot Wheels car, valued at $140,000, is touring the U.S. this summer in honor of the toy brand's 40th anniversary.

IN ANOTHER three weeks, Jamaica's prospects for reducing its heavy dependence on imported oil will be known, as geologists complete their studies of offshore explorations.

RISKY BUSINESS Willard R. "Will" Green: Oil and natural gas exploration . . . requires geological ingenuity, advanced technologies and the time to do the job right.

All six regional earthquakes measured in the 24 hours ending at 6 p.m. Saturday were in the Verdi-Mogul area.

Some 200,000 people were marooned in Bangladesh when a storm caused a sea surge to swamp a number of villages in southern coastal districts, officials said.

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck beneath the Sea of Okhotsk today, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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TV Online Greenville may be burial site for greenhouse gases By Ben Sutherly Sunday, June 29, 2008 GREENVILLE - Efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions are going underground here - literally.