Understanding how earthquakes work
Submitted by Sam Bendett on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 14:32
Geologists have a new tool to study how earthquakes change the landscape down to a few inches, and it is giving them insight into how earthquake faults behave. In the 10 February issue of the journal Science, a team of scientists from the United States, Mexico, and China reports the most comprehensive before-and-after picture yet of an earthquake zone, using data from the magnitude 7.2 event that struck near Mexicali, northern Mexico in April, 2010. “We can learn so much about how earthquakes work by studying fresh fault ruptures,” said Michael Oskin, geology professor at the University of California, Davis, and lead author on the paper. More at http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20120210-understanding-how-earthquakes-work
