Mystery Behind Weak Earthquake Faults Solved

Friday, March 26, 2010 - 10:56 in Earth & Climate

Geoscientists Chris Marone and Cristiano Collettini travelled to the Isle of Elba to sample a tectonic fault that breaks most of the rules of fault mechanics. Their work reveals why these faults slip.

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