Earthquake seismologist launches international study of oceanic plate - EurekAlert

Professor James Gaherty and associate professor Ryan Porter of Northern Arizona University’s School of Earth and Sustainability were recently awarded $473,000 by the National Science Foundation for a study of the Cocos oceanic plate beneath Central America. N…

image: Gaherty and his team, including graduate students, will participate in two research expeditions in the Pacific Ocean over the next four years to investigate the tectonic and geodynamic process… [+7529 chars]

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