A global reanalysis of both short- and long-term deformation clarifies how obliquity affects strain partitioning in convergent plate boundaries.

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The successful development of sustainable georesources for the energy transition is a key challenge for humankind in the 21st ...

Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out ...

Literal groundbreaking research by Dr. Giorgio Arriga enhances our understanding of the long-term evolution of seismogenic ...

The continent drifts northeast at about 2.7 inches (7cm) per year - a rate so significant that GPS coordinates must be ...

Controversial Dutch researcher and seismologist Frank Hoogerbeets said on Monday that Greece is in volcanic and earthquake ...

The Aegean Sea is no stranger to earthquakes. It is laced with faults related to the slow collision between the African and ...

The seismic activity at Santorini and other Greek islands is not over and the biggest quake has not happened yet, a ...

Santorini, a popular tourist destination, is experiencing unusual seismic activity, prompting emergency declarations and ...

The last time Kolumbo experienced a major eruption was 1650, coughing out ash seen as far away as Turkey. Pyroclastic flows – ...