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A fresh surface rupture of the Kekerengu fault, taken 4 days after the Kaikoura earthquake, with lead author Jesse Kearse leaning next to a curved slickenline (the subject of this article). Photo credit - Professor Tim Little (Victoria University of Wellington).

Curved slickenlines preserve the direction of rupture propagation

Geology Page - July 14, 2019

Tibetan Plateau

Folding faults and seismic risk in the Kunlun range, Northwest Tibet

San Andreas Fault

California’s current earthquake hiatus is an unlikely pause

San Andreas Fault

Signs of 1906 earthquake revealed in mapping of offshore northern San Andreas Fault

Carbon dioxide emissions can be securely stored in underground rocks, with minimal possibility of the gas escaping from fault lines back into the atmosphere, research by the University of Edinburgh has shown. Credit: Johannes Miocic

Fault lines are no barrier to safe storage of CO2 below ground

Calaveras-Hayward fault link means potentially larger quakes

Geology Page - April 4, 2015

Finding fault: New information may help understand earthquakes

Geology Page - March 17, 2015

Analysis of recent earthquake sequence reveals geologic fault, epicenters in Irving...

Geology Page - February 11, 2015

Drilling reveals fault rock architecture in New Zealand’s central alpine fault

Geology Page - February 7, 2015

Re-thinking Southern California earthquake scenarios in Coachella Valley, San Andreas Fault

Geology Page - December 9, 2014

Geologists shed light on formation of Alaska Range

Geology Page - November 23, 2014

Geologists shed light on formation of Alaska Range

Geology Page - November 20, 2014

Alpine drilling fault project moves into new phase

Geology Page - October 21, 2014

Earthquakes in the ocean: Towards a better understanding of their precursors

Geology Page - October 21, 2014

Some sections of the San Andreas Fault system in San Francisco...

Geology Page - October 15, 2014

Major new fault found in New Zealand capital

Geology Page - October 8, 2014

Scientific drilling project underway on Alpine Fault

Geology Page - October 6, 2014

Drilling Into an Active Earthquake Fault in New Zealand

Geology Page - September 25, 2014

Midwestern Fault Zones Are Still Alive

Geology Page - August 14, 2014

Getting ready for the next big one : The North Anatolian...

Geology Page - June 23, 2014

Scientists use LiDAR, 3-D modeling software to intricately map active Chinese...

Geology Page - June 16, 2014

Research finds human impact may cause Sierra Nevada to rise, increase...

Geology Page - May 25, 2014

California faults moved quietly after Baja quake

Geology Page - May 2, 2014

San Francisco’s big 1906 earthquake was third of a series on...

Geology Page - February 12, 2014

US earthquake fault zone alive and active, study finds

Geology Page - January 27, 2014

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