For more than three decades, experts have been trying to solve the mystery of why a certain kind of underwater fault triggers ...

Crustal brines at an oceanic transform fault New research explores geological processes along plate boundaries Date: April 13, 2025 Source: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summary: A team ...

Deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean, roughly a thousand miles off the coast of Ecuador, the seafloor has been keeping time ...

Deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean about 1,000 miles off the coast of Ecuador, a fault line on the seafloor has been ...

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 ...

This study reports widespread mineral carbonation of mantle rocks in an oceanic transform fueled by magmatic degassing of CO2. The findings describe a previously unknown part of the geological carbon ...

Scientists have discovered a huge tectonic boundary under Africa, running from Mozambique to Tanzania.

Woods Hole, Mass. (April 11, 2025) - Being a geophysicist can sometimes feel like being a detective —uncovering clues, and then building a case based on the evidence. In a new article published in ...