Mountain building under the microscope
Most geologists think colliding continental plates caused earthquakes, which in turn threw up our mountains. But some mountain rocks tell us that something else must have been going on too
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Standing up to earthquakes: An earthquake destroys buildings by shaking them to pieces. Engineers are finding ways to keep them standing when the ground moves
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The dam that should not be built: India is building the largest dam in Asia in a valley beset by earthquakes and landslips. Seismologists say the site is too dangerous, but engineers are using discredited data to push ahead with construction
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Ancient faults and modern earthquakes: Britain’s recent earthquake happened on a fault that was active hundreds of millions of years ago – Faults of similarly ancient lineage could be the sites of future tremors
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On shaky ground: The great earthquake of 1906 rocked San Francisco to its foundations. Geologists are now discovering why last year’s Loma Prieta quake hit the same spots
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