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EarthScope's use of advanced instrumentation permits us to answer some of the outstanding questions in Earth Sciences by looking deeper, increasing resolution, and integrating diverse measurements and observations.

SAFOD News

The EarthScope's San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) project drilled into a creeping portion of the San Andreas Fault, immediately north of Parkfield in central California, where frequent and repeating small earthquakes occur.

EOS just published an overview article on SAFOD "Scientific Drilling Into the San Andreas Fault Zone". Click here for the EOS article [2.4MB].

Please cite as: Zoback, M., S. Hickman, and W. Ellsworth, Scientific Drilling Into the San Andreas Fault Zone, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 91, 22, 197-199, 2010. - Copyright 2010 American Geophysical Union. - Reproduced by permission of American Geophysical Union.

Also view the Phase III Core Atlas version 4 [14.1MB].

Please notify earthscope@coas.oregonstate.edu of your publications that use EarthScope data so that we can add it to the list of EarthScope publications.