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Geologist identifies hidden clues to historical supercontinents, confirms Pannotia
A geologist who first proposed the now-accepted supercontinent cycle idea within the 1980s has rallied to the reason for a kind of supercontinents, Pannotia, that’s at risk of being missed. Geology News — ScienceDaily
Acoustic imaging reveals hidden options of megathrust fault off Costa Rica
Geophysicists have obtained detailed three-dimensional pictures of a harmful megathrust fault west of Costa Rica the place two plates of the Earth’s crust collide. The pictures reveal options of the fault floor, together with lengthy grooves or corrugations, that will … Continue reading
Explorers Probe Hidden Continent of Zealandia
Zealandia made global headlines earlier this year when scientists announced that it counts as a new continent. Now it is coming under closer scientific scrutiny. We are currently halfway through an expedition to drill into this vast underwater plateau of … Continue reading
More than expected hidden beneath Andean Plateau
Seismologists investigating how Earth forms new continental crust have compiled more than 20 years of seismic data from a wide swath of South America’s Andean Plateau and determined that processes there have produced far more continental rock than previously believed. … Continue reading
Michelangelo’s Medici Chapel may contain hidden symbols of female anatomy
Michelangelo often surreptitiously inserted pagan symbols into his works of art, many of them possibly associated with anatomical representations. A new analysis suggests that Michelangelo may have concealed symbols associated with female anatomy within his famous work in the Medici … Continue reading
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Large hidden lakes found draining below Antarctic glacier
Part of the Thwaites Glacier on the edge of West Antarctica. Thwaites Glacier on the edge of West Antarctica is one of the planet’s fastest-moving glaciers. Research shows that it is sliding unstoppably into the ocean, mainly due to warmer … Continue reading
Zealandia: Geologists uncover hidden misplaced continent beneath New Zealand?
Zealandia is giant and separate sufficient to be thought-about an precise continent. Geologists have proposed that a area east of Australia is a continent. It can be the world’s youngest, thinnest, and most submerged continent Scientists uncover hidden misplaced continent … Continue reading
Seismicity in British Columbia and hidden continent referred to as Zealandia
Seismicity within the Pacific Northwest is nicely documented and consists of current seismic exercise on fault techniques inside the Juan de Fuca Strait. However, the seismic potential of crustal faults inside the forearc of the northern Cascadia subduction zone in … Continue reading
Geodynamics: Surface sculpting by hidden agents
Nature Geoscience 9, 867 (2016). doi:10.1038/ngeo2842 Author: Nicky White Tectonic plate interiors are often regarded as relatively inactive. Yet, reconstructions of marine terrace uplift in Angola suggest that underlying mantle flow can rapidly warp Earth’s surface far from obviously active … Continue reading
The hunt for war treasure in the Philippines has hidden meanings
Many believe that enormous quantities of gold lie buried somewhere in the Philippines. According to a popular account, Japanese soldiers used the Philippines as a base to hide treasures they had plundered from regions under their control during World War … Continue reading
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