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On shaky ground. Nov 13, 2009 325
WEEK THE TECTONIC PLATES OF POLITICS SHIFTED. Oct 10, 2009 1011
Global 3D map indicates presence of water in certain areas of Earth's mantle. Aug 20, 2009 412
Venus may once have been more Earth-like. Jul 14, 2009 417
Plate tectonics may have had an early start: ancient zircon crystals imply activity during Hadean eon. Perkins, Sid Jan 3, 2009 396
Continental clash cooled climate: when India and Asia collided, sources of C[O.sub.2] disappeared. Perkins, Sid Oct 11, 2008 568
Earth's tectonic plates may move intermittently. Carlowicz, Mike; Lippsett, Lonny Brief article Sep 1, 2008 248
The making of a mountain: journey to the Himalayas and discover what happens when continents collide. (Earth Science Geology). Masibay, Kim Y. Mar 7, 2003 1204
Chilean copper mines. Dutcher, Cheyenne; Vogt, Jessica Brief Article Apr 1, 2001 122
SCIENCE EDUCATION. Jan 1, 2001 5798
Model offers grounds for midwestern quakes. Perkins, S. Brief Article Sep 30, 2000 504
Plate Tectonics ... on Mars. COWEN, RON May 1, 1999 2019
Deep rock gives lift to Africa. Monastersky, Richard Brief Article Sep 26, 1998 313
Is the Pacific plate tearing itself apart? Monastersky, Richard Brief Article Sep 5, 1998 601
The San Andreas' secret helpers. Monastersky, Richard Brief Article Jul 26, 1997 407
Tibet reveals its squishy underbelly. Monastersky, Richard Dec 7, 1996 679
Why is the Pacific so big? Look down deep. Monastersky, Richard Oct 5, 1996 556
Geologists ponder the depth of earthquakes. Skindrud, Erik Brief Article Aug 3, 1996 317
Inner Earth mapping reveals lost sea. Brief Article Jun 1, 1996 622
Stone Age technology for tectonics. Monastersky, Richard Brief Article Jun 1, 1996 320
Volcanoes reveal Earth's hidden currents. Monastersky, Richard Nov 25, 1995 602
Recycling the continents. Brief Article Oct 14, 1995 234
Two plates are better than one. Brief Article Aug 19, 1995 314
Raising the Andes: the view beneath South America shows some surprises. Monastersky, Richard Aug 19, 1995 1626
The India-Asia collision: what gives? Brief Article Jul 2, 1994 476
New theory of how Mars was shaped. Jun 1, 1994 580
When plates collide: convergent-margin geology. Taira, Asahiko Dec 22, 1993 1181
American plate shows its edge in Japan jolt. Monastersky, Richard Jul 24, 1993 669
First evidence of mantle plume. Monastersky, Richard Brief Article Jun 12, 1993 330
Ancient greenhouse born in collision. Monastersky, Richard Brief Article Jun 12, 1993 123
The other half of the Basin and Range. Brief Article Sep 5, 1992 202
Hitting a barrier deep within the planet. Monastersky, Richard Feb 29, 1992 724
Diamonds from continental garbage. Monastersky, Richard Nov 2, 1991 245
A summer spate of Pacific quakes. Sep 7, 1991 243
Northwest squeeze: quake in the making. Apr 20, 1991 328
Blob tectonics on Venus. Dec 15, 1990 486
First look at the base of the plates. Jul 28, 1990 321
Tibet's tectonic escape act: caught in a closing vise between India and Asia, Tibet may slip out to the side. Monastersky, Richard Jul 14, 1990 2645
Spring earthquakes rattle the globe. Jun 23, 1990 636
New picture of California plate puzzle. Mar 17, 1990 274
Birth of a subduction zone. Monastersky, Richard Dec 16, 1989 339
Spinning the supercontinent cycle. Monastersky, Richard Jun 3, 1989 2566
Eyes on the Africa-Eurasia vise. Monastersky, Richard May 27, 1989 259
Earliest evidence of plate tectonics. Flam, Faye Mar 11, 1989 572
Tearing a tectonic plate in two. Jul 30, 1988 624
Catching subduction in the act. Monastersky, Richard Jan 2, 1988 376
Set adrift by wandering hotspots: these sources of volcanic activity have long served as scientific benchmarks. But are they really that reliable? Monastersky, Richard Oct 17, 1987 2448
The Juan de Fuca plate: a sticky situation; is the Pacific Northwest headed for an earthquake of catastrophic proportions? Monastersky, Richard Jul 18, 1987 1828
Rooting for continental roots; the discovery that the old cores of continents are unusually thick is rifting traditional notions about continental drift. Weisburd, Stefi Dec 13, 1986 2773
India gets under Eurasia's skin. Oct 18, 1986 415
Ancient traces of plate tectonics? Aug 16, 1986 291
Plunging plates cause a stir; scientists are beginning to rally around a decade-old idea that oceanic plates descend into the lower mantle of the earth. Weisburd, Stefi Aug 16, 1986 2572
Fossilized magnets and fickle rocks. Jul 5, 1986 284
Surprise quake spurs new ideas. Kleist, Trina Jun 28, 1986 423
Down and under in L.A. Jun 21, 1986 293
Could crustal strain form 'Texachusetts'? Weisburd, Stefi May 31, 1986 279
Gravity lines linked to mantle motion. Apr 26, 1986 307
'Seeing' continents drift. Weisburd, Stefi Dec 21, 1985 774
Crustal links record plate motions. Weisburd, Stefi Nov 16, 1985 392
Africa-America split: back to the suture. Dusheck, Jennie Aug 10, 1985 342
Earth's 'pulses' tied to plate rates. Weisburd, Stefi May 25, 1985 1039

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