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Deep Earthquakes

They have posed a fruitful puzzle since their discovery 60 years ago. How can rock fail at the temperatures and pressures that prevail hundreds of kilometers down?

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 260 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “Deep Earthquakes” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 260 No. 1 (), p. 48
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0189-48