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Moletrack: Moletrack showing well-expressed extensional and compressional components of the rupture. (Turkey)
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Title: Moletrack
Description: Moletrack showing well-expressed extensional and compressional components of the rupture.
Location: Turkey
Date Taken: 9/2/1999
Photographer: , U.S. Geological Survey
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1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake (Set) RSS Media RSS Slideshow Fault Through a School: This picture is on the far east end of the rupture. The fault went directly through the school - the chalkboard reads something like: "We're all happy because school is out Offset and Moletrack: This picture shows an offset 3m and is in a large field with a well expressed moletrack. A moletrack is a descriptive term for how strike slip faults often look when seen at the surface.
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