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San Andreas Fault ‘locked, loaded and ready to roll’ with big quake

Posted on 5 May 2016 by admin

Representative photo Southern California’s section of the San Andreas Fault is “locked, loaded and ready to roll,” a leading earthquake scientist said Wednesday at the National Earthquake Conference in Long Beach. The San Andreas Fault is one of California’s most … Continue reading →

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One of Earth?s missing minerals found locked inside meteorite

Posted on 2 April 2016 by admin

Part of this slice of a meteorite that crashed into Australia more than a century ago contains a previously undiscovered form of garnet (arrow). Grains of the mineral are too small to see without a microscope.   Proposed yet never … Continue reading →

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Centre-left MP still ‘locked up’ in Lampedusa protest

Posted on 23 December 2013 by admin

IMG class=hide alt=”Centre-left MP still ‘locked up’ in Lampedusa protest” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-b28fcc60e8d49750ec3df41b57fb91d0.jpg” (By Denis Greenan). P(ANSA) – Palermo, December 23 – A centre-left MP on Monday remained barricaded inside the migrant holding centre on the island of Lampedusa after shutting himself … Continue reading →

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