GUANGZHOU -- Chinese researchers have found that the chemical energy instantaneously released by crustal activities like ...

More information: Shihuai Zhang et al, Determination of the crustal friction and state of stress in deep boreholes using hydrologic indicators, Rock Mechanics Bulletin (2022).

Research My research interests span several orders of magnitude from crustal-scale tectonic processes to microstructural and textural problems. Much of my work focuses on understanding the ...

Chinese researchers have recently challenged the long-held belief that "all life depends on sunlight." In a study published ...

Crustal Processes and Hazards We conduct fundamental research into the physical and chemical processes controlling stress field and fluid flow within the crust, to mitigate the impacts of induced and ...

More information: Christine Chesley et al, Evidence for crustal brines and deep fluid infiltration in an oceanic transform fault, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu3661 ...

Xiang Cui, Wen-Bin Zhu *, Rong-Feng Ge, Provenance and Crustal Evolution of the Northern Yangtze Block Revealed by Detrital Zircons from Neoproterozoic–Early Paleozoic Sedimentary Rocks in the Yangtze ...

Academia Sinica geoscience researchers yesterday unveiled a study that used GPS data to track the nation’s crustal changes following the 921 Earthquake in 1999, to shed more light on the creation of ...

The short historical record in the Pacific Northwest and an interval of 30 years or more between large crustal earthquakes means that there are no written records of earthquake activity for many ...

Northwest Puget Sound Science Friday earthquakes on a crustal fault show it’s not only the ‘Big One’ we should fear July 12, 2019 at 5:57 pm Updated July 13, 2019 at 11:38 am By Sandi Doughton ...