Tag: Solid Earth Tectonic Processes
February 12, 2015
Earthquake activity linked to injection wells may vary by region
The Williston Basin in north central U.S. produced fewer earthquakes caused by wastewater injection than in Texas, suggesting the link between seismicity and production activities…
Read MoreNovember 3, 2014
Massive Geographic Change May Have Triggered Explosion of Animal Life
A paper by Ian Dalziel of The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences, published in the November issue of Geology, a journal of…
Read MoreOctober 22, 2014
The World in a Grain of Sand
Daniel Stockli is using zircons to reconstruct past worlds By Melissa Weber Over the quiet thrum of mass spectrometers and various lasers in a lab…
Read MoreAugust 13, 2014
2010 Chilean earthquake causes icequakes in Antarctica: Technology allows scientists to hear seismic waves as they arrived on frozen continent
Seismic events aren’t rare occurrences on Antarctica, where sections of the frozen desert can experience hundreds of micro-earthquakes an hour due to ice deformation. Some…
Read MoreNovember 8, 2013
Salt of the Earth: Martin Jackson Rises to the Top of Salt Tectonics Research
When he came to the Bureau of Economic Geology in 1980, Martin Jackson was a hard-rock kind of guy. He was grew up in what…
Read MoreNovember 4, 2013
Gas Injection Probably Triggered Small Earthquakes Near Snyder, Texas
A new study correlates a series of small earthquakes near Snyder, Texas between 2006 and 2011 with the underground injection of large volumes of gas,…
Read MoreAugust 27, 2013
Study Shines Light on Tremors and Fracking in South Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale
So much oil and water is being removed from South Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale that the activity has probably led to a recent wave of…
Read MoreJuly 13, 2013
Ancient Undersea Volcanoes Off Antarctica Hold Climate Secret
Los Angeles Times, July 13, 2013 Featuring: Ian Dalziel Ancient volcanoes discovered deep in the ocean off Antarctica may explain a climate mystery critical to…
Read MoreJuly 11, 2013
Scientists Cast Doubt on Theory of What Triggered Antarctic Glaciation
A team of scientists led by Ian Dalziel from the Institute for Geophysics has found geologic evidence that casts doubt on one of the conventional…
Read MoreJuly 10, 2013
Swamplike Waterways Found Under Antarctic Glacier
LiveScience, July 10, 2013 Featuring: Dusty Schroeder, Don Blankenship A sprawling network of low-lying canals, similar to a swamp, hides under Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, a…
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