A new study shines a light on a system of earthquake faults in the San Francisco Bay Area that most residents don’t even know exists. The Foothill Thrust Belt faults are deep under Silicon Valley, and ...

The controversial mechanism of klippes produced along the NE-striking Longmen Shan thrust belt (LSTB) in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, was the key point of comprehending tectonic ...

Northern has commenced 3D seismic operations in the West Sicily thrust belt that will cover four licenses. Northern has commenced 3D seismic operations in the West Sicily thrust belt that will cover ...

This is the second of two parts on oil and gas exploration in the Jiuxi basin in northwestern China. Exploration started in the basin in 1938. The basin has one of China’s earliest commercial oil ...

Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release. Acceleware Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:AXE) announced today that Thrust Belt Imaging (TBI) has purchased Acceleware's leading-edge seismic ...

Table 1 Shortening data, T e estimates, age of collision and age of foreland lithosphere. Full size table The distribution of shortening estimated for mountain ranges that have reached a steady-state ...

A unit of Royal Dutch Shell will take a farmout from Petromanas Energy Inc., Calgary, on 852,000 acres in the Berati thrust belt onshore Albania. Shell will acquire a 50% participating interest in ...

Aurelian announced that a drilling location has been agreed for the first of a three well program in its Bieszczady block in the Carpathian Thrust Fold Belt. Aurelian announced that a drilling ...