NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN EARTH SCIENCE
The following are summaries and interpretations of recent Earth Science research articles
New insight into the Messinian salinity crisis April 2003
Volcanism, soft light and photosynthesis March 2003
Leaf morphology and the timing of the rise of the Tibetan Plateau February 2003
A setback to healing on the Landers Fault January 2003
Sea-floor methane hydrate and gas wipeouts December 2002
Dehydration earthquakes on subducting slabs November 2002
Pulling and sucking together to move the plates October 2002
Still waiting for the 1987 Parkfield earthquake September 2002
Little time lost in formation of the planets August 2002
Odyssey results show a water-rich Mars July 2002
Deep impacts vs mega-eruptions the extinction debate goes on June 2002
The sweet sound of water flowing from the subducting plate beneath Japan May 2002
Finding the source of Meltwater Pulse 1A March 2002
Signs of instability on Kilauea's southeastern flank February 2002
EMORB- sea floor basalt in the wrong place at the wrong time January 2002
Lake Vostok - the world's coolest lake December 2001
Millennial-scale solar variation may be affecting climate November 2001
The critical importance of water to plate tectonics October 2001
Oxygenation of the earth's atmosphere August 2001
A link between river runoff, ocean currents and glacial cycles July 2001
Evidence for vigorous convection within magma chambers June 2001
Silent slip on the Cascadia subduction zone May 2001
A hasty end to the Cretaceous April 2001
Mantle dynamics and topography March 2001
De-gassing Lake Nyos February 2001
Strong warnings on climate change from the United Nations February 2001
Very old Australian zircons with a story to tell January 2001
Evidence for pulsating mantle plumes December 2000
New Ideas on granite formation December 2000
Is it raining up at the core-mantle boundary? November 2000
Subduction of continental crust October 2000
River morphology and the Permian-Triassic extinction September 2000
Origin of life in a hot iron-sulphur environment August 2000
Evidence for annual periodicity in earthquake activity August 2000
Trifluoromethyl sulphurpentafluoride - a nasty new greenhouse gas July 2000
Evidence for recent surface water on Mars June 2000
The history of subduction beneath western North America May 2000
Io - Jupiter's amazing volcanic moon May 2000
Instability of methane hydrates during interglacial periods April 2000
Stress transfer theory and earthquake prediction on the North Anatolian Fault March 2000
Canada's latest meteorite - a rare carbonaceous chondrite! March 2000
Temperature trends over the past 500 years February 2000
How strong is the United States? February 2000
Real polar wandering! January 2000
Runaway freezing - a "snowball" earth during the Proterozoic January 2000
Spectacular Cambrian chordate fossils from China December 1999
Methane hydrate - energy source, climate control and ice worms! November 1999
What's going on in the mantle? November 1999
Geomagnetic reversals - the role of the mantle October 1999
Mount Etna - a volcanic curiosity October 1999
Abrupt changes in climate in the recent past October 1999
Flexing of the lithosphere beneath New Zealand October 1999
Planetary systems October 1999
Possibility of life in an ice-covered ocean on Jupiter's moon - Europa October 1999
More feathered dinosaurs from China September 1999
Crustal "streaks" from the lower mantle show up in Hawaii volcanoes August 1999
Global warming and mass extinction at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary August 1999
Water-bearing salt crystals found in a Texas meteorite August 1999
Steven Earle - Malaspina University College - Geology Department - earles@mala.bc.ca - http://www.mala.bc.ca/~earles
since October 1999
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