Lidar uncovers hidden earthquake damage
MEXICALI, Mexico, and DAVIS, Calif. – A new tool reveals how earthquake faults behave and how, down to a few inches, earthquakes change the landscape.
A team of geologists from the US, Mexico and China has reported the most comprehensive before-and-after picture yet taken of an earthquake zone, using data from the 7.2-magnitude quake that struck near Mexicali in April 2010.
“We can learn so much about how earthquakes work by studying fresh fault ruptures,” said Michael E. Oskin, a geology professor at the...