Fault weaknesses, the centre cannot hold for some geologic faults

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 05:14 in Earth & Climate

Some geologic faults that appear strong and stable, slip and slide like weak faults. Now an international team of researchers has laboratory evidence showing why some faults that 'should not' slip are weaker than previously thought...

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