The San Juan volcanic region of southwestern Colorado contains a complex record of volcanic activity, including large caldera systems and younger volcanic
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Faults are fractures along which rocks have moved relative to one another. They record deformation, influence groundwater pathways and help explain the dis
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Folds are bends in rock layers produced when rocks deform under stress. They are common in mountain belts and sedimentary basins, where compression, burial
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An open-access study published on 3 October 2026 examined the 2025 Santorini–Amorgos seismic crisis using a large relocated earthquake catalogue. It provid
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A 15 October 2026 Nature Communications study used K–Ar dating to investigate the history of the Altyn Tagh Fault and the transmission of tectonic stress a
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Earth's lithosphere is divided into moving plates that interact at divergent, convergent and transform boundaries. These settings help explain the global d
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A caldera is a broad volcanic depression formed when the ground collapses or subsides after a large volume of magma is withdrawn from a shallow reservoir.
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