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| When this thrust fault ruptured, it caused the plate on top to snap upward. In an earthquake, these thrust faults serve as giant ramps, with one wedge of crust riding up another. Holes 15 and 16, drilled from the same setup, intersected highly altered and faulted rock thought to be related to a low angle thrust fault which underlies the main Lone Star zone at depth. |
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