For the study, "Experimental maturation of pine resin in sediment to investigate the formation of synthetic copal and amber," published in Scientific Reports, scientists heated and pressurized ...

Scientists have discovered evidence that the Earth's crust is peeling away beneath California's Sierra Nevada mountain range. After analyzing earthquake data and imaging deep rock formations ...

Through subsurface imaging and lab experiments, Stanford scientists have shown how pressure ... After that, a magnitude-4 earthquake and thousands of microquakes prompted the evacuation of 40,000 ...

and that are vulnerable to earthquake shaking,” Dr Baptie added. Satellite imagery in the coming days may confirm the theory, scientists say.