In earthquake country, the meandering paths of quake faults easily get seared into memory in the same way as a California freeway map. An earthquake fault is a fracture in the ground between two ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — By taking a close look at the geometrical makeup of rocks where earthquakes originate, researchers at Brown University are adding a new wrinkle to a long-held ...

A team presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the Gofar fault in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could ...

Researchers are adding a new wrinkle to a long-held belief about what causes earthquakes in the first place. Findings published in Nature by a team of Brown-led researchers challenge traditional ...