Geologists have known for decades that gold forms in quartz with the help of earthquakes, but now they have worked out exactly how the setting and …
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Scientists Unveil How Earthquakes Trigger Formation of Gold Nuggets in Quartz
Scientists have discovered exactly how earthquakes trigger quartz into forming large gold nuggets — finally solving a mystery that's puzzled researchers for decades.
A new study confirms that Earth's inner core has been rotating more slowly than usual since 2010. This mysterious "backtracking" could also end up …
The world's deadliest natural disasters span more than 2,500 years of human history and include earthquakes, tsunamis and cyclones. Every year, some …
A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the 20 largest earthquakes on record. As the world's …
Record earthquake activity off the coast of Vancouver Island hints at the birth of new oceanic crust. Almost 2,000 earthquakes rocked a spot off the …
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