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Precarious rocks help refine earthquake hazard in California – Science Magazine
Untoppled boulders are testaments to large temblors that didn’t happen
Precarious rocks, like Balanced Rock in Manitou Springs, Colorado, can be used to estimate ancient earthquakes that didnt occur.
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By Cathleen OGradyOct. 1, 2020 , 11:40 AM
In an earthquake zone near the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in Southern California stands a precariously balanced rock that Anna Rood has nicknamed Damaris, after her best friend. The joke is that shes incredibly fragile, says Rood, a Ph.D. student in geology at Imperial College London….
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