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Mar 8, 2022
UNAVCO and IRIS Joining Forces for Advancing Geophysics
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Science highlights

USArray listens to earthquakes’ inaudible infrasound

USArray listens to earthquakes’ inaudible infrasound

 To better understand how the ground interacts with the air to create an atmospheric earthquake signal, researchers studied a pair of Alaskan earthquakes. What they found may help us study quakes on ot...
Seismologists peek at mantle beneath Madagascar

Seismologists peek at mantle beneath Madagascar

 Madagascar has remained tectonically quiescent for the last 85 million years, but between 28 and 1 million years ago, volcanic eruptions disturbed the otherwise ancient rocks. Now, scientists are expl...
Seismic Study Reveals Key Reason Why Patagonia is Rising as Glaciers Melt

Seismic Study Reveals Key Reason Why Patagonia is Rising as Glaciers Melt

 Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a link between recent ice mass loss, rapid rock uplift and a gap between tectonic plates that underlie Patagonia.
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