Fialko

Professors Kevin Brown and Yuri Fialko describe new information gleaned from laboratory experiments mimicking earthquake processes. The researchers discovered how fault zones weaken in select locations shortly after a fault reaches an earthquake tipping point.

The details of the study, which was funded by the National Science Foundation, were published in the September 30 issue of the journal Nature.
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A study led by Professor Yuri Fialko of Scripps and Postdoctoral Scholar Jill Pearse has revealed that magma is forming a big blob in the middle of the crust beneath the Altiplano-Puna plateau in South America, pushing up the earth's surface across an area 100 kilometers (62 miles) wide, while the surrounding area sinks, leading to a unique geological phenomenon in the shape of a Mexican hat that the researchers have described as the "sombrero uplift."