More information: Christine Chesley et al, Evidence for crustal brines and deep fluid infiltration in an oceanic transform fault, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu3661.

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 ...

The five largest continental transform earthquakes since 2000 all originated on a branch of the main fault—and two researchers predict that the next great earthquake of this type will also get ...

The Blanco Transform Fault Zone off Oregon's coast is famously active, and it has not disappointed in the past 24 hours, generating at least 50 earthquakes, including two at a 5.8 magnitude. That ...

Being a geophysicist can sometimes feel like being a detective —uncovering clues, and then building a case based on the evidence. In a new article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team ...

Continental transform earthquakes are quakes that occur when two tectonic plates slide past each other. This movement generates friction, which causes tension to build until the fault - or the ...

The 800-mile San Andreas Fault is one of the largest fault lines in the world. A meeting of the North American and Pacific tectonic plates, this transform fault (where two tectonic plates move ...

The fault system that ruptured in Monday's 7.8 earthquake in Turkey also ruptured in a quake nearly 1,000 years ago — and was followed by a sequence of quakes to the south for nearly a century.

A team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the Gofar fault in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The NSF funded work reveals ...

The five largest continental transform earthquakes since 2000 all originated on a branch of the main fault—and two researchers predict that the next great earthquake of this type will also ...