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Study proposes common mechanism for shallow and deep earthquakes


May 18, 2015

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A new study published online in Nature Geosciences by a research team led by University of California, Riverside, geologists reports that a universal sliding mechanism operates for earthquakes of all depths--from the deep ones all the way up to the crustal ones. The physics of the sliding is the self-lubrication of the earthquake fault by flow of a new material consisting of tiny new crystals, the study reports.Full Story

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