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Scientists say quartz is key to understanding quakes (and more)
Reuters ^ | March 16, 2011 | Laura Zuckerman

Posted on 03/16/2011 6:28:17 PM PDT by decimon

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Underground quartz deposits worldwide may be behind earthquakes, mountain building and other continental tectonics, a discovery that may aid in predicting tremblers, according to a study released on Wednesday.

The findings by Utah State University geophysicist Anthony Lowry and a colleague at the University of London, to be published Thursday in the journal Nature, may solve a riddle of the ages about the formation and location of earthquake faults, mountains, valleys and plains.

"Certainly the question of why mountains occur where they do has been around since the dawn of time," Lowry told Reuters.

He and research partner Marta Perez-Gussinye examined temperature and gravity across the Western United States from a movable network of seismic instruments to describe the geological properties of the earth's crust.

The scientists discovered that quartz crystal deposits are found wherever mountains or fault lines occur in states like California, Idaho, Nevada and Utah.

The Utah State geoscientist said the breakthrough came after repeated testing revealed a correlation between quartz deposits and geologic events that was "completely eye-popping."

Using newly developed remote sensing technology known as Earthscope, Lowry and Perez-Gussinye found that quartz indicates a weakness in the earth's crust likely to spawn a geologic event such as an earthquake or a volcano.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: anthonylowry; catastrophism; electricplanet; electricuniverse; martaperezgussinye; piezoelectricity; quakes; quartz; stringtheory; utahstate; xplanets
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To: McCloud-Strife
Dilithium is a kind of quartz with a structure in 4 dimensions

Yep, I think they're used in teleports too, because of their 4th dimensional properties.

I bet these guys will know all about it. :)


41 posted on 03/17/2011 7:10:44 AM PDT by Errant
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To: newzjunkey

The number of missing domestic pets is correlated with likelihood of earthquakes. Supposedly, the length of time between the spike of pet runaways, and the earthquake is also an indicator, but of strength. Wild animals acting strangely, or fish/dolphins acting differently is also an indicator. Did you see the reports of dead fish on the US West coast on March 8th I think. Then on March 12th, there were HUGE SCHOOLS of herring and anchovies that came within easy reach of beaches in Mexico. Add that in to the coming full moon, during a very high tide, or low tide, means there will be a West coast earthquake by March 25th. Not for sure, but a increased likelihood.


42 posted on 03/18/2011 7:04:59 PM PDT by runninglips (government debt = slavery of the masses)
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To: newzjunkey

sorta after the fact ain’t it? If true, the animals have already reacted to the incident and the reports would be made public the next day at the earliest?

BTW - Big moon tonight.


43 posted on 03/18/2011 9:28:11 PM PDT by 23 Everest (A gun in hand is better than a cop on the phone.)
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