How often have you looked for a problem in the wrong place only to find that it originates somewhere that you’d never have thought of in the first place? I’ve been reading a few of Sir Arthur Conan ...

Failing to identify faults seems to be a prevalent issue nowadays, considering recent reports of quality control problems at Boeing and numerous recalls by car manufacturers, to name a few. Yet, ...

New modeling and analyses of fault geometry in the Earth's crust by geoscientist are advancing knowledge about fault development in regions where one geologic plate slides past or over another, such ...

In mining, production is king. The high costs of running a mine including manpower, electricity, water, processing, diesel fuel and maintenance, just to name a few key items, mean that downtime is ...

Scientists in Southern California believe they’ve found evidence that finally identifies the source of one of the largest quakes since the region was settled. The clues also permit the researchers to ...

ARE YOU a fault finder? Soon there will be an app for you. For National Science and Technology Week—to be celebrated from July 25 to 29—the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs ...

Modern electrical systems, such as heating and ventilation controls, boiler controls, manufacturing and process control equipment, and railway signaling systems, usually have multiple inputs and ...

When Jim Boles went to the Santa Fe Springs oil field three years ago to study helium samples, he wasn’t thinking about earthquakes. As a researcher in petroleum geology and geochemistry, Boles was ...

Scientists and the oil and gas industry have known about induced seismicity, or induced earthquakes, since the 1960s. One early and telling example was the disposal of warfare chemical waste in a deep ...