Observatory: Quakes Shook Atacama Desert Boulders Smooth, Scientists Say

Monday, October 24, 2011 - 16:10 in Earth & Climate

Thousands of peculiar boulders in the Atacama Desert have smooth midsections more typical of rocks in water. New research suggests that earthquakes caused them to polish one another over a million years.

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