In The News: Department of Geoscience
The newfound mineral, dubbed davemaoite, only exists deep in Earth’s mantle.
Vincent Uhl of Uhl and Associates, based in Lambertville, N.J., will moderate a webinar of international hydrogeologists and water management officials focused on the Nile River Basin.
Scientists have discovered the world's deepest earthquake, which occurred 467 miles (751 kilometers) beneath the surface of the Earth.
An earthquake that struck at a whopping 751 kilometers (467 miles) below the Earth’s surface is the deepest ever recorded, scientists have revealed.
An earthquake that occurred 751 kilometers (467 miles) below the earth’s surface is the deepest ever recorded, researchers have revealed. The quake shook a zone believed to be impossible for earthquakes to occur in.
An earthquake that struck at a whopping 751 kilometers (467 miles) below the Earth’s surface is the deepest ever recorded, scientists have revealed. The tremor shook a zone thought to be impossible for quakes to occur in.
This depth places the earthquake in the lower mantle where seismologists thought it would be impossible to cause an earthquake.
In Japan, 751 kilometers deep. But experts can't explain exactly how this was possible.
The quake occurred in the lower mantle, well deeper than previous quakes.
Scientists have detected the deepest quake to date, a phenomenal quake 467 miles (751 kilometers) below the surface of the Earth.
Great Basin National Park sits at the eastern edge of the state. The park is home to a towering rock glacier and slow-growing groves of bristlecone pines, iconic trees with twisted limbs that have stood for centuries.
Host to over 41 million visitors a year, Las Vegas is bustling. But with an annual rainfall total under 4 inches, how does this desert oasis quench the masses and sustain itself, keeping water flowing and business thriving?