• The Sandwich Fault Zone is a fault zone that runs northwest from Oswego to Ogle County, transecting Lee County in Northern Illinois. The fault has generally...
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    The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) (/ˈmædrɪd/), sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate...
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    California Sandwich City Hall Sandwich Fault Zone von KleinSmid Mansion U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sandwich, Illinois...
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    Fault zone hydrogeology is the study of how brittlely deformed rocks alter fluid flows in different lithological settings, such as clastic, igneous and...
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  • Geology of Illinois Illinois Basin New Madrid Seismic Zone Sandwich Fault Zone Wabash Valley Seismic Zone "M 5.2 - 7 km NNE of Bellmont, Illinois". USGS. 18...
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  • in the Scotia subduction zone, where the South American plate subducts westward beneath the Scotia Plate and South Sandwich microplate (a component of...
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    East. The Owen Fracture Zone along the southeastern boundary of the Arabian Plate. The East Anatolian and North Anatolian faults run across much of Turkey...
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    Register of Historic Places listings in LaSalle County, Illinois Sandwich Fault Zone "La Salle County, Illinois – Fact Sheet". American FactFinder. United...
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    from the formation of limonite. The bluff is along the axis of the Sandwich Fault Zone, separating Ordovician exposures from those of the Cambrian period...
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    deeper into the mantle. A subduction zone makes up most of the border of Philippine Sea Plate and Sunda Plate, the fault being partially responsible for the...
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    Fracture Zone is the former eastern edge of the Phoenix Plate. The eastern edge of the Scotia Plate is a spreading ridge bounded by the South Sandwich microplate...
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    fault surface was about 3 to 4 m (9.8 to 13.1 ft). The earthquake appears to have only partially ruptured the Shumagin segment of the subduction zone...
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    a complex boundary with the Antarctic Plate, the Scotia Plate, and the Sandwich Plate; the westerly edge is a convergent boundary with the subducting Nazca...
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    South Atlantic Ocean south-westward to a major transform fault boundary east of the South Sandwich Islands. Near the Bouvet Triple Junction the spreading...
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  • for "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich", which originally aired as an episode of TV show The Twilight Zone in 1989. Introduction: "The Fault in My Line" "The Man...
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    Antarctic Peninsula South Sandwich Islands Andes Austral Volcanic Zone South Volcanic Zone Central Volcanic Zone North Volcanic Zone Central America Volcanic...
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    frontal fault or NPFF), a major thrust fault along which units from the North Pyrenean Zone have been transported over the Subpyrenean Zone, southernmost...
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    along a fault line, blocking or diverting drainage. Typically, a shutter ridge creates a valley corresponding to the alignment of the fault that produces...
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    nearby town of El Indiviso. A liquefaction zone bounded by the Cerro Prieto Fault and the Laguna Salada Fault was observed. Mexicali, El Centro, San Diego...
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    its summit and two active rift zones, one extending 125 km (78 mi) east and the other 35 km (22 mi) west. An active fault of unknown depth moves vertically...
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    thrust fault is more likely to produce a teletsunami than lateral displacement from strike-slip fault.[citation needed] Because of this, subduction zones, which...
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    An estimated 1,600 km (1,000 mi) of fault surface slipped (or ruptured) about 15 m (50 ft) along the subduction zone where the Indian Plate slides under...
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    unknown thrust faults that form part of the overall fault zone, without rupturing the main strike-slip fault strand. The same fault zone is thought to...
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    Cohen (January 19, 2016). "Wealth inequality rising fast, Oxfam says, faulting tax havens". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016...
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    basin within a transform fault zone, is not an oceanic trench. Trenches, along with volcanic arcs and Wadati-Benioff zones (zones of earthquakes under a...
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    River Niger (1976), J. D.'s Revenge (1976) and A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich (1978). TV movies included Carter's Army, the prestigious Centennial, Attica...
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    includes two subduction zones, the Manila Trench to the west and the Philippine Trench to the east, as well as the Philippine Fault System. Within the Belt...
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  • overly ambitious while others playing it overly safe. The judges found fault with at least one dish in each team, and though Emma's burger lacked all...
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  • (19:28:31 UTC, 4 March) along the subduction zone due to reverse faulting. The USGS estimated that the rupture zone was 175 by 75 km (109 by 47 mi) in area...
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    areas extend north along the Red Sea coast and north into Lebanon. A fault zone also exists along the Red Sea, with continental rifting creating trough-like...
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