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Experimental Geology

An account of Soviet work on the use of scale models to visualize tectonic processes. Because rigidity must be scaled down with time and space, rocks are represented by such materials as clay and syrup

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 204 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “Experimental Geology” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 204 No. 2 (), p. 96
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0261-96