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NSF Awards MU $2.16M for Intraplate Earthquake Studies

September 12, 2007

A project, led by a group of University of Missouri-Columbia researchers, has been awarded $2.16 million from the National Science Foundation to bolster the collaborative efforts between the United States and China in determining the cause of intraplate earthquakes that have occurred in both countries. Full Story

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