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Earthquake modelers unite to compare and improve code

Movement along faults in Earth's crust can be sudden and jarring. It can occur more gradually over thousands of years. Any kind of movement along a fault might affect the stresses and other factors that contribute to subsequent movements. Scientists have developed computational physics-based models that...

The role of magma in the birth of the Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean was born 200 million years ago. It happened when the supercontinent Pangea began to break apart. oceanic crust took its place when continental crust stretched and fractured. Scientists analysed the structure of the present-day eastern North American margin, to investigate this...