Sand dikes form when a mixture of sand and water is violently injected into cracks opened by ground shaking, after injection, the water drains away, leaving clean sand trapped in the cracks; these sand dikes serve as clear evidence of a major earthquake, says CSIR-NGRI Chief Scientist Devender Kumar
Scientists decode ancient earthquakes using quartz clocks in the earth — Sand Dikes
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