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To: Godzilla
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Massive Crack Opens In Earth In Texas

CLAUDE, TX -- A massive crack in the earth opened up last week in Claude, Texas and it's creating a stir among geologists.

2,295 posted on 06/28/2005 6:49:59 AM PDT by bored at work (Barack Obama . . . Iraq Osama . . . ?)
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To: bored at work
Massive Crack Opens In Earth In Texas I suspect that it is due to over pumping of groundwater. Similar features were documented in the Phoenix and Tuscon AZ in the 70's. Fractures caused by differential settling of the aquifer over subsurface bedrock features.
2,306 posted on 06/28/2005 7:35:53 AM PDT by Godzilla (The 2nd Amendment - The Original Homeland Security)
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