The Effects of Fault Evolution on Earthquakes (2 of 4) (IMAGE)

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The Effects of Fault Evolution on Earthquakes (2 of 4)

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The research described in this publication was performed in the Indian Ocean offshore Sumatra while aboard the German Research Vessel (RV) Sonne. This image relates to an article that appeared in the July 9, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. S.M. Dean of the University of Southampton in Southampton, UK, and colleagues, is titled, "Contrasting Décollement and Prism Properties over the Sumatra 2004-2005 Earthquake Rupture Boundary."

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