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High-pressure water triggers tremors

Tiny water droplets far below the earth’s surface can break rock, says a new theory, and even set off earthquakes.

References:

Ague, J.J., J. Park, and D.M. Rye. 1998. Regional metamorphic dehydration and seismic hazard. Geophysical Research Letters 94(Nov. 15):8276.

Sources:

Jay J. Ague
Yale University
Geology Department
P.O. Box 208109
New Haven, CT 06520-8109

Jeffrey J. Park
Yale University
Geology Department
P.O. Box 208109
New Haven, CT 06520-8109

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 21, November 21, 1998, p. 327. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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