Modeling Fault Development in Clay (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Modeling Fault Development in Clay

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Cooke's UMass Amherst lab is one of only a handful worldwide to use a relatively new modeling technique that uses kaolin clay rather than sand to better understand the behavior of Earth's crust.

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UMass Amherst

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