Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – For the decades since their discovery, seismic signals known as PKP precursors have challenged scientists. Regions of Earth’s lower mantle scatter incoming
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Researchers have advanced our understanding of massif-type anorthosites, mysterious rocks formed only during Earth’s middle history. These plagioclase-rich igneous formations – covering
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Geological formations dating back millions of years provide valuable insights into the Earth’s historical climate patterns. These ancient rock formations change over
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Utrecht University geologist Suzanna van de Lagemaat has reconstructed a massive and previously unknown tectonic plate that was once one-quarter the size
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – New research into the forces that bring diamonds to the surface from deep in the Earth’s mantle could help locate undiscovered diamond
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – The world beneath our feet is sometimes full of surprises. South America has hundreds of kilometers of weird tunnels and peculiar caves. The
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – How did the Andes—the world’s longest mountain range—reach its enormous size? This is just one of the geological questions that a new
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Through global-scale seismic imaging, scientists have discovered massive ancient ocean floor surrounds the Earth’s core. Near this dense, thin, sunk ocean floor,
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – An international group of geologists has demonstrated with computer simulation that huge magma eruptions can initiate deeper below the Earth’s surface than
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – The transition zone between the Earth’s upper and lower mantle contains considerable quantities of water, according to an international study involving the
MessageToEagle.com – Geometric columns such as those found at the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland and Devils Postpile (USA) have inspired mythologies and legends.Columnar joints are amongst the most
MessageToEagle.com – During its earliest beginnings, the Earth went through a long period of catastrophic and intense formation. In this process, continents of our planet were forming while gigantic
MessageToEagle.com – Recent digging deep into the Earth’s interior revealed the highly oxidized iron—similar to the rust we see on our planet’s surface—within garnets found within diamonds. It is
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – There is something very strange about Lonar Lake. The lake 400-foot wide perfectly round lake doesn’t fit local geology and scientists have
MessageToEagle.com – A chain of volcanoes is running across the Pacific Ocean floor, but suddenly in the middle of this chain lies a bend of 60 degrees. What did
MessageToEagle.com – True polar wander (TPW) is a mechanism, which describes a change in the spin axis of a planetary body. It means that the geographic locations of the
MessageToEagle.com – For the last 90 years, the so-called Banda Detachment fault has remained an unsolved mystery to geologists. Nobody has been able to explain, how a 7.2km
MessageToEagle.com – A magma buildup near the coastal town of Matata in New Zealand, which was discovered, explains a large number of recent earthquakes and could signal the
MessageToEagle.com – New analysis of satellite data by a team of scientists led by Durham University shows that the world’s largest canyon may lie under the Antarctic ice sheet.
MessageToEagle.com – The United States Geological Survey has just published the first digital geologic map of Alaska. The map incorporates theory of plate tectonics and visual context to the
