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characteristics
- In fault
earthquakes
- In earthquake: Tectonics

formation of

abyssal hills
- In abyssal hill
Death Valley
- In Death Valley: Physical environment
Lake Baikal
- In Russia: The mountains of the south and east

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Sanat Pai Raikar

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified title of Web site: MIT OpenCourseWare - Normal faults and extensional tectonics (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Dec 13, 2024
	Add new Web site: MIT OpenCourseWare - Normal faults and extensional tectonics (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Dec 12, 2024
	Add new Web site: Nature - Scientific Reports - Normal fault earthquakes or graviquakes.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 18, 2024
	Add new Web site: Nature - Scientific Reports - Normal fault earthquakes or graviquakes.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 18, 2024
	New article added.	John P. Rafferty Sanat Pai Raikar	Sep 09, 2024