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GeoscientistThe Fellowship magazine of The Geological Society of London | www.geolsoc.org.uk | Volume 22 No 7 | August 2012 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT How geology can help FRACKING REPORT Regulation & best practice key society on facebook [www.facebook.com/geolsoc] ASIA’S BROKEN FORELAND Faulting and earthquakes in Kazakhstan Not Just Software. RockWare. For Over 29 Years. 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UNDERSTANDING THE RULES OF CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION FROM THE CO-EVOLUTION OF FAULTS AND MOUNTAINS CANUTE FACTOR Front cover: Maxim Petrichuk/ Shutterstock.com ~ hen Richard Feynman was called in to help investigate the 1986 Challenger disaster he famously conducted a simple demonstration Geoscientist is the F 01727 893 895 Fellowship magazine of E enquiries@centuryone to show how cold affected the the Geological Society publishing.ltd.uk elasticity of the rubber O-ring seals of London W www.centuryone publishing.ltd.uk between sections of the solid rocket The Geological Society, Wboosters, which had failed. However, as he later pointed Burlington House, Piccadilly, CHIEF EXECUTIVE London W1J 0BG Nick Simpson out, that was only the accident’s proximal cause. 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