Comments on: Severe Cracks in China’s Zipingpu Dam http://geology.rockbandit.net/2008/05/14/severe-cracks-in-chinas-zipingpu-dam/ The latest and greatest news in geology, from around the world. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:53:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bob Twannkle http://geology.rockbandit.net/2008/05/14/severe-cracks-in-chinas-zipingpu-dam/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Bob Twannkle Wed, 14 May 2008 22:28:16 +0000 http://geology.rockbandit.net/2008/05/14/severe-cracks-in-chinas-zipingpu-dam/#comment-649 Thing is this dam should probably never been built along a fault line. The weight of the water may have triggered the quake quite possibly. This things was only completed in 2006. Thing is this dam should probably never been built along a fault line. The weight of the water may have triggered the quake quite possibly. This things was only completed in 2006.

]]> By: Dave Schumaker http://geology.rockbandit.net/2008/05/14/severe-cracks-in-chinas-zipingpu-dam/comment-page-1/#comment-648 Dave Schumaker Wed, 14 May 2008 20:21:52 +0000 http://geology.rockbandit.net/2008/05/14/severe-cracks-in-chinas-zipingpu-dam/#comment-648 So true! It's not something I normally think about. Out of sight, out of mind I guess. Even more interesting is that it's technically the "type locality" for the San Andreas fault... So true! It’s not something I normally think about. Out of sight, out of mind I guess.

Even more interesting is that it’s technically the “type locality” for the San Andreas fault…

]]> By: Peter Polito http://geology.rockbandit.net/2008/05/14/severe-cracks-in-chinas-zipingpu-dam/comment-page-1/#comment-643 Peter Polito Wed, 14 May 2008 15:39:52 +0000 http://geology.rockbandit.net/2008/05/14/severe-cracks-in-chinas-zipingpu-dam/#comment-643 Dave, don't you work down river from a century old dam along an active fault margin? Makes you wonder . . . Dave, don’t you work down river from a century old dam along an active fault margin? Makes you wonder . . .

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