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March 17, 2015

New information may help understand earthquakes
Amherst MA (SPX) Mar 17, 2015
New modeling and analyses of fault geometry in the Earth's crust by geoscientist Michele Cooke and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are advancing knowledge about fault development in regions where one geologic plate slides past or over another, such as along California's San Andreas Fault and the Denali Fault in central Alaska. Findings may help more accurately predict earthquake hazards and allow scientists to better understand how Earth evolved. Geologists have long be ... read more

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