Talc-bearing serpentinite and the creeping section of the San Andreas fault
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The discovery of talc in cuttings of serpentine collected from the active trace of the San Andreas fault that was intersected during drilling of the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) main hole in 2005 is reported. This talc might provide the link between serpentinite and creep in the San Andreas fault, if shear at depth can become localized along a talc-rich principal-slip surface within serpentinite entrained in the fault zone.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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Shades of Titan
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A region of Titan's surface some 150 km x 150 km in area is analyzed, using Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) images. VIMS measures reflected and emitted radiation-using filters at wavelengths in the visible to mid-infrared range and has helped in predicting the existence of features such as ridges and valleys on the surface of Titan.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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