Scientists Identified Earthquake Faults In Sichuan, China
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 12:35
in Earth & Climate
Only last summer research published by earth scientists in the international journal Tectonics concluded that geological faults in the Sichuan Basin, China "are sufficiently long to sustain a strong ground-shaking earthquake, making them potentially serious sources of regional seismic hazard." An international team of scientists carefully mapped and analyzed a series of geologically young faults that cross Sichuan Province like recently healed scars.
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