We have greatly reduced the number of people we have doing research, we have had to cut way back on field investigation programs, we've had to work smarter with less. |
We've looked at fossil earthquakes, we've made computer models, and we've made earthquakes in the laboratory. We've studied them from afar, but we've never before been where the action is. |
We've never been inside the fault zone before. |
We've never been inside the fault zone before. The goal has been to understand the basic mechanics of faults. |