Heated Up (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Heated Up

Caption

Enlarged microscope photo of sedimentary rock that was structurally altered during an earthquake. The slip layer (green portion) was heated during fault movement. The actual field of view is only about a millimeter across.

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Kelly Bradbury/Utah State University

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