New theory of why midcontinent faults produce earthquakes

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 13:21 in Earth & Climate

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A new theory developed at Purdue University may solve the mystery of why the New Madrid fault, which lies in the middle of the continent and not along a tectonic plate...

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