Geology in the
News
Kurt C. Friehauf
ˇ Geophysicists Sort Out Weird Wave Behavior Near Earth's Core – March 21, 2002
ˇ North Magnetic Pole could be leaving Canada – March 20, 2002
ˇ New Supercontinent Dubbed Columbia Once Ruled Earth – March 18, 2002
ˇ Inner Earth May Hold More Water Than the Seas – March 7, 2002
ˇ Quake-Resistant Bridge Planned in San Francisco – March 5, 2002
ˇ Afghan Earthquake Triggers Landslide, Burying a Village – March 5, 2002
ˇ Support Provided For Layered Inner Core Earth Model – March 4, 2002
ˇ Silent Earthquake In Hawaii Offers Clues To Early Detection Of Catastrophic Tsunamis – February 28, 2002
ˇ Portion of volcano slips toward ocean (Hawaii) – February 27, 2002
ˇ Earthquakes Hit Within 11 Kilometers Of Predictions (Southern California) – February 27, 2002
ˇ Many Technologies Used To Predict Geologic Dangers – February 22, 2002
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Geologists
Find Hidden Active Strands Of The Seattle Fault Zone – February 11,
2002
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Tsunami
Researcher Makes Big Splash With Landslide Model – February 10, 2002
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A Rising Force: New
Study on Ancient Mantle Plumes – February 4, 2002
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Strong
earthquake strikes Turkey – February 3, 2002
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Earth
Scientists Use Fractals To Measure And Predict Natural Disasters – January
31, 2002
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NASA Unveils
New "Natural Hazards" Web Site - February 1, 2002
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direct link to NASA Natural Hazards
site
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New
Quake Maps Focus on Orange County Danger Zones – January 27, 2002
ˇ Mountains snapped from space – January, 2002
ˇ Researchers Investigate Mysteries Of The African Rift – December 17, 2002
ˇ NASA Earth Observatory Data and Imagery
ˇ Just How Old Is The Tibetan Plateau? - August 13, 2001 (Brad Hacker story)
ˇ Few signs remain of quake, if you don't count the people - July 28, 2001
ˇ Polar Wander and the Cambrian
ˇ Earthquake rocks Greece - July 26, 2001
ˇ All Earthquake Fault Lines Not Equal – July 3, 2001
ˇ Earthquake rocks Peru - June 24, 2001
ˇ Peruvian president surveys quake damage - June 24, 2001
ˇ Rescuers search for Peru quake survivors - June 24, 2001
ˇ In pictures: Peru quake - June 24, 2001
ˇ Tectonic Plates Moved Earlier Than Previously Thought - Jun 14, 2001
ˇ Crackling Noise In Cereal And Magnets Aids Study Of Earthquakes - June 4, 2001
ˇ Reading Between the Fault Lines - May 7, 2001
ˇ Study: Steel-frame buildings could fall in quakes - April 19, 2001
ˇ Seattle 'intraslab' quake began deep in Earth - A rumble from far below - March 1, 2001
ˇ Damaged Chimneys And Unexpected Liquefaction From Nisqually Temblor Yield Earthquake Insights, University Of Washington Scientists Say - April 20, 2001
ˇ Researchers Solve Century-Old Earthquake Mystery In India – April 18, 2001
ˇ The biggest quake in over a century is threatening Japan's capital city – April 2001
ˇ Tragic lessons of India's Quake - March 15, 2001
ˇ No More Earthquakes Than Usual, But 2001 So Far Is Deadly - March 7, 2001
ˇ Deaths Up, But No More Earthquakes Than Usual: USGS – March 6, 2001
ˇ Study: California faults could produce bigger quakes - February 28, 2001
Seattle/Olympia Washington quake
ˇ More quakes ahead for Pacific Northwest? – March 1, 2001
ˇ Structural damage from Wednesday's Pacific Northwest quake – March 1, 2001
ˇ Seattle tries to get back to normal - February 28, 2001
ˇ Northwest quakes not rare events - February 28, 2001
ˇ Quake leaves 17,000 without power in U.S. Northwest - February 28, 2001
ˇ Quake wrecks havoc in China - February 26, 2001- "Thousands of people are fighting hunger, cold and disease in a remote area of China's Sichuan province after a strong earthquake destroyed their homes and killed three people"
ˇ San Francisco Airport gets system to predict quakes before they hit - February 22, 2001
ˇ Deadly history of earthquakes - February 14, 2001
ˇ Salvador quake kills at least 67 - February 13, 2001
ˇ National Network To Change The Shape Of Earthquake Engineering Research – February 12, 2001
ˇ Earth's wobbles reveal deep secrets - February 21, 2001
ˇ Study Finds Area Rife With Risk Of Liquefied Soil Airports, pipeline in peril in quake – February 8, 2001
ˇ The cost of India's quake - February 2, 2001
India
Quake- 7.9 magnitude - very terrible tragedy
ˇ Order frays, fresh tremors fearedJanuary 30, 2001
ˇ India quake photoessay January 30, 2001
ˇ More than 11,000 killed in India quake January 27, 2001
ˇ India's seismic suffering January 26, 2001
ˇ Hundreds feared dead in India quake January 26, 2001
ˇ Experts say recent worldwide quakes not related January 26, 2001
ˇ U.S. scientists, colleagues solve volcanic mystery, learn tears occur in vast plates January 26, 2001
ˇ Susan Candiotti on the devastating quake in El Salvador January 15, 2001
ˇ Aid pours in for quake-stricken El Salvador January 15, 2001
ˇ Undersea landslides probed for tsunami threat December 19, 2000
ˇ Another massive earthquake hits Papua New Guinea - November 18, 2000 (three quakes this week with magnitude 7+, including an 8.0!!!
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ˇ Clues to landslides USGS identifies key soil structural factors that determine whether or not a slide will occur - October 21, 2000
ˇ Hopes fade for Swiss mudslide survivors - October 15, 2000
ˇ Action urged over giant wave threat - October 11, 2000
ˇ The drowning wave - New Scientist article -- outstanding magazine
ˇ Giant wave could threaten US - October 5, 2000
ˇ New Madrid Earthquakes Still Threaten The Central United States, Scientists Conclude - October 3, 2000
ˇ Seismologists Go Green - Lowly lichens help scientists anticipate the next big quake
ˇ Scientists try to estimate earthquake aftershocks - September 11, 2000
ˇ Death toll rises in Italian campsite mudslide - September 11, 2000
ˇ NSF Funds First Phase Of Earthquake Network - September 8, 2000
ˇ Quake hits Mexico City - July 21, 2000
ˇ Sumatra: Caught between two plates June 6, 2000
ˇ Killer waves so hard to detect June 5, 2000
ˇ The Earth's Ring of Fire June 5, 2000
ˇ New Geological Research Suggests Undersea Cracks Along East Coast Continental Shelf Pose Danger Of Landslides And Tsunamis - May 2, 2000
ˇ NASA Technology Used To Reveal Hidden Faults - May 29, 2000
ˇ Istanbul quake likely by 2030 April 27, 2000
ˇ Some Quakes Caused By Sudden Increases In Fluid Pressure – April 18, 2000
ˇ 1999's Disasters Far From History's Worst: USGS – January 3, 2000
ˇ Turkey quake in pictures November 13, 1999
ˇ It Can Take An Earthquake To Spot An Active Fault – October 27, 1999
ˇ Putting Recent Earthquake Activity In Perspective – October 25, 1999
ˇ Huge Chance Of Major Quake In Bay Area By 2030 – October 15, 1999
ˇ When Is It Safe To Enter Quake-Damaged Buildings? – October 11, 1999
ˇ World: Asia-Pacific - Tidal wave kills 'thousands' July 20, 1998
ˇ World: Asia-Pacific - Eyewitnesses tell their story - Tidal wave July 20, 1998
ˇ Seafloor observatories to monitor earthquakes June 15, 1999
ˇ Earthquake predicted by UK Scientist May 10, 1999
ˇ Hidden fault discovered under LA March 5, 1999
ˇ History makes for a nervous world – History of bad earthquakes June 29, 1998
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