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San Andreas Survey Reveals Never-Seen Fault Lines

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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 20 -- In completing the most meticulous survey ever made of the San Andreas Fault, Ohio State University researchers found detailed features no one else had been able to see. Michael Bevis, an eminent scholar in geodynamics and professor of geological sciences at Ohio State, unveiled the first images from the ambitious new survey at the American Geophysical Union meeting this month in San Francisco. Above, a lidar image created by the B4 Project shows the Dragon's Back region of the San Andreas Fault. Bumpy features (visible in the enlarged section at left) include...Read full article

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    Published: December 2005
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