Scientists Expose 'Buried' Fault that Caused Deadly 2003 Quake in Iran

Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 15:49 in Earth & Climate

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using satellite radar data, NASA-funded scientists, including UC Riverside`s Gareth Funning, have observed for the first time the healing of subtle, natural surface scars from an earthquake in Iran that occurred on a `buried` fault extending several miles below the surface -a fault whose fractures are not easily observed at Earth`s surface.

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