Hardbeatnews, FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Thurs. Dec. 28, 2006: Researchers at the University of Arkansas and Purdue University claim they have created the first Caribbean earthquake model.
University of Arkansas researchers Pamela Jansma and Glen Mattioli, together with Purdue University researchers D. Manaker and Eric Calais, made the model after monitoring tiny “tectoni” movements in the Caribbean. Plate tectonics, the branch of science that deals with the process by which rigid plates are moved across hot molten material, has helped to explain much in global-scale geology including the formation of mountains, and the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes.