California Fault Found to be Extra Slippery
by Richard Harris, NPRDecember 22, 2006
The same stuff that makes baby powder silky soft may also be making one of the most dangerous faults on earth extra slippery. Scientists say they have found talc, as in talcum powder, inside the mighty San Andreas fault, which cuts through California.
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