Rhyolite Magma Dynamics
We need a new understanding of the dynamic processes that create large rhyolitic magma systems and potential eruptions.
read moreResearch: Sharp increase in central Oklahoma seismicity
Oklahoma has had more earthquakes over magnitude 3 in 2014 than California.
read moreWarning of quake risk from fracking operations
Underground disposal of wastewater from fracking may pose a much greater risk of causing dangerous earthquakes than previously believed.
read moreEarth increasingly shakes in Oklahoma
Katie Keranen, a geophysics professor at Cornell, says “the evidence is strong” that the earthquakes are caused by fracking and wastewater disposal.
read moreLinks between wastewater injection and 5.7 earthquake
Significant earthquakes are increasingly occurring within the continental interior of the United States, linked to fracking wells.
read moreKeranen explores motion behind earthquakes
When earthquakes happen, Prof. Katie Keranen of Cornell’s Earth and Atmospheric Systems, watches … measures … and, monitors.
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