Earthquake Simulations (IMAGE)

Brown University

Earthquake Simulations

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Geophysicists Terry Tullis, left, and David Goldsby have shown that rock surfaces sliding past each other in an earthquake can create intense heat but only at the pinpoint places where their surfaces actually touch.

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Mike Cohea, Brown University

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