Rocks on Faults Can Heal Following Seismic Movement (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Rocks on Faults Can Heal Following Seismic Movement

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New studies show that rocks can cement themselves together under the conditions found on a subducting fault. Scanning electron microscope images of quartz powder before (top) and after six and 24 hours of treatment at 1 Gigapascal and 500 degrees Celsius. 

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James Watkins/UC Davis

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