In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) presents a never-before-seen image of an oceanic transform fault from ...

The Julian earthquake is worth closer examination not for its size or damage (there was very little), but for a demonstration ...

A team presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the Gofar fault in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could ...

While not a household name like the San Andreas, the Elsinore fault is part of a larger seismic zone that experts fear and ...

which could change the way we conceptualize oceanic transform faults. The Gofar fault operates much like the San Andreas, in that two tectonic plates slide sideways past each other. Unlike the San ...

Being a geophysicist can sometimes feel like being a detective —uncovering clues, and then building a case based ...

Being a geophysicist can sometimes feel like being a detective —uncovering clues, and then building a case based on the evidence.