Listvenite mine (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Listvenite mine

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Outcrop of carbonate-altered mantle rock in the San Andreas Fault area. A recent study shows that carbon sequestration in mantle rocks may prevent large earthquakes in parts of the San Andreas Fault.

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Image credit: Frieder Klein/©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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