Fossil Tools of Trade
A new tool called the "fossil seismograph" is being used to predict future earthquakes by studying earthquakes of the ancient past. The tool first developed in study of disturbed sediment in the Dead Sea region was idea to study the risk of where the plan to build new hydroelectric power plants. Current technologies such as the seismographical data only dates back a few centuries where this new system investigates wave patterns of heavy sediment that penetrate into the lighter sediments. The first use in the Dead Sea where sediment look stable but with the new tool they have discovered that the heavier sediment was pulled on top of the lighter sediment. This proposes a similar idea that the how clouds and waves are formed are similar to how these rock sediment patterns form as well.
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