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Science 11 May 2007:
Vol. 316. no. 5826, pp. 842 - 843
DOI: 10.1126/science.1142332
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GEOPHYSICS:
Slippery When Hot

Raul Madariaga

Laboratory experiments provide a possible explanation for why friction between rocks does not impede the slippage that leads to earthquakes.

The author is in the Laboratoire de Géologie, CNRS-Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France. E-mail: madariag{at}geologie.ens.fr

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