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One structural geologist calls it the ‘million-dollar question’ that underlies all work in her laboratory: what goes on deep in the earth as strike-slip faults form in the crust? This is the fault type that occurs when two tectonic plates … Continue reading →

Cracked Road Structural geologist Michele Cooke calls it the “million-dollar question” that underlies all work in her laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst: what goes on deep in Earth as strike-slip faults form in the crust? This is the … Continue reading →