Stretchy Slabs in Deep Earth A new paper out in Nature Geoscience, led by Caroline Eakin, suggests that subducting slabs may not be as strong as we think, but instead may be relatively weak and deform easily. When new oceanic plates form at mid-ocean ridges it is thought that they “freeze-in” a certain crystal fabric… Read More Stretchy Slabs in Deep Earth
Postdoctoral research fellow Caroline Eakin and professor Tim Minshull recently returned from New England where they were attending the latest GRC on the Earth’s Interior. Here Caroline tells us more. Gordon conferences are known for close-knit (~150 attendees), and high quality research meetings, designed to foster interaction and discussion between scientists. There are hundreds of… Read More Southampton represent at the Gordon Research Conference (GRC): Interior of the Earth 2015
Dr Caroline Eakin, Research fellow in Geophysics, reports on the recent Nepal Earthquake: On Tuesday the G&G group gathered to discuss the recent M7.8 earthquake in Nepal. That same morning, a few hours before the seminar, another devastating magnitude 7.3 earthquake shook the same region. Since the main M7.8 event on 25th April there have… Read More The Nepal (Gorkha) Earthquake 2015