In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...

In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

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 ...

Being a geophysicist can sometimes feel like being a detective —uncovering clues, and then building a case based on the evidence.

This sudden jerk creates an earthquake. The San Andreas Fault is undoubtedly the most famous transform boundary in the world. To the west of the fault is the Pacific plate, which is moving northwest.

With 25,000 kilometers of continental transform faults worldwide, Stein and Bird’s findings imply that many regions are at higher risk of catastrophic earthquakes than previously believed.

In a new article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), presents a never-before-seen image of an oceanic transform fault from ...

Being a geophysicist can sometimes feel like being a detective —uncovering clues, and then building a case based ...