Media Releases Archive
June 2011
June 23, 2011
Stiff Sediments Made 2004 Sumatra Earthquake Deadliest in History
An international team of geoscientists has discovered an unusual geological formation that helps explain how an undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in December…
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In Deep Water: Promoting Responsible Oil Production in Environmentally Sensitive Areas
What began as a postmortem on the worst oil spill in history has turned into a blueprint for safely extracting the maligned fossil fuel from…
Read MoreJune 2, 2011
Steel Named Chair of Department of Geological Sciences
Ron Steel, professor and the Morgan Davis Centennial Chair in the Jackson School of Geosciences, has been named chair of the Department of Geological Sciences…
Read MoreJune 1, 2011
New Map Reveals Giant Fjords Beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Scientists from the U.S., U.K. and Australia have used ice-penetrating radar to create the first high- resolution topographic map of one of the last uncharted…
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