Earthquakes in the American state of Utah, the Soultz-sous-Forêts region of France or in the Dutch province of Groningen ...

You are going about your day. All is calm and quiet until suddenly, the ground beneath your feet begins to shake, and items ...

A recent study has revealed extensive data on how strike-slip faults develop over time and eventually cause earthquakes at the Earth's surface. Researchers coined the movement of two plates in a ...

Ground fissures and tectonic faults represent critical structural features within sedimentary basins, where the interplay of regional stress fields, depositional environments and, at times, human ...

The Journal of Geology, Vol. 103, No. 1 (Jan., 1995), pp. 73-83 (11 pages) The Volcanic Tableland, brittle surface of the 764,000 yr-old Bishop Tuff, documents extensive faulting in the northern Owens ...

A small fault lying between the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults provides evidence for past earthquakes that involved both major faults. Geologists Tom Rockwell (San Diego State) and Michael Oskin ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Hitherto it has appeared that faulting is rather rare in Malaya, despite other indications of strong earth movements. Now, due largely to a ...

The Helena Valley sits atop a variety of different sediments and rocks, making it particularly susceptible to earthquake ...

Boulder, Colo.--The Geological Society of America's August issue of GEOLOGY contains a number of newsworthy items. Topics include: glaciers in southwest Alaska yield new evidence that ocean surface ...

Kapaau, HI, October 25, 2006- The Polou Valley DOT crews are working to seal the cracked road which was damaged from recent earthquakes. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA. An interactive online map is a new resource ...