Taking the Temperature of the Punchbowl Fault
New study published by grad student Ema Armstrong and Dr. Alexis Ault, among others, presents refined technique to estimate the temperature and intensity of paleo-earthquakes
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Deep CO2 and N2 emissions from Peruvian hot springs: Stable isotopic constraints on volatile cycling in a flat-slab subduction zone
Gas-rich hot springs throughout the Peruvian Andes contain a surprising contribution of mantle and crustal volatiles (CO2 and N2) despite being located along a volcanic gap associated with modern flat-slab subduction.
Carbon Isotopes in Microfossils Indicate an Extreme Climate Event in Earth's History is Analogous to Today's Global Warming
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) is recognized by a major negative carbon isotope (δ13C) excursion (CIE) signifying an injection of isotopically light carbon into exogenic reservoirs, the mass, source, and tempo of which continue to be debated....
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