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Science 22 September 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5794, pp. 1748 - 1749
DOI: 10.1126/science.1131296
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GEOPHYSICS:
Do Earthquakes Rupture Piece by Piece or All Together?

Chris Marone and Eliza Richardson

Laboratory measurements are being used to resolve which of two models is better at explaining how Earth's crust ruptures to create earthquakes.

The authors are in the Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. E-mail: cjm38{at}psu.edu

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)