In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...

In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

A team presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the Gofar fault in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could ...

Being a geophysicist can sometimes feel like being a detective —uncovering clues, and then building a case based on the evidence.

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in Earth's mantle may be the ...

Southern California is seismically active due to its location on tectonic plate boundaries, having experienced major quakes like the 1994 Northridge event. A strong but shallow earthquake with a ...