Rocks on Faults Can Heal Following Seismic Movement, Scientists Discover

Earthquake Faults Can Heal Themselves In Mere Hours, Adding Power to Disastrous Quakes

Learn how faults beneath the Earth's surface can heal themselves after slowly releasing stress from the movement of tectonic plates.

Scientists Discover Earthquake Faults Can Heal Themselves in Hours

Scientists have discovered that deep earthquake faults can heal themselves within hours, acting like “quick-set glue” after slow slip events. By recreating high-pressure, high-temperature conditions in the lab, researchers found that quartz grains can rapidly weld back together, restoring strength far faster than previously thought. Deep Fault Healing Breakthrough Earthquake faults located far beneath the [...]

Rocks on faults can heal following seismic movement, scientists discover

Earthquake faults deep in Earth can glue themselves back together following a seismic event, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Davis. The work, published in Science Advances, adds a new factor to our understanding of the behavior of faults that can give rise to major earthquakes.

Rocks on Faults Can Heal Following Seismic Movement

Earthquake faults deep in the Earth can glue themselves back together following a seismic event, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Davis. The work, published Nov. 19 in Science Advances and supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, adds a new factor to our understanding of the behavior of faults that can give rise to major earthquakes.

Rocks on faults can heal following seismic movement, scientists discover

Earthquake faults deep in Earth can glue themselves back together following a seismic event, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Davis. The work, published in Science Advances, adds a new factor to our understanding of the behavior of faults that can give rise to major earthquakes.