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This rock in Arches National Park will fall, it's only a matter of time

MOAB, Utah – There is a 3,600-ton rock falling very, very slowly outside Moab, Utah. Arches National Park is filled with ...
Popular Science

Rocks’ Balancing Act Gives New Insight Into Earthquakes

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Conventional wisdom in a large earthquake is that large unstable ...
University of California

Precariously balanced rocks provide clues to fault connections

Stacked in gravity-defying arrangements in the western San Bernardino Mountains, near the San Andreas Fault, granite boulders that should have been toppled by earthquakes long ago resolutely remain.
New Atlas

Precariously balanced rocks offer clues about future earthquake risk

Precariously balanced rocks, or PBRs as they’re known in geological circles, are ancient and delicately poised natural formations that can offer scientists interesting clues about earthquake hazards ...
The Gazette

Balancing act: Iconic rock destined to fall, but when and how?

Ever wonder what will happen when Balanced Rock — the iconic 700-ton red sandstone ballerina perched on its tiptoes in the heart of the Garden of the Gods — no longer lives up to its name?It is, after ...
Science Daily

Balanced rocks set design ground motion values for New Zealand dam

Researchers have used precariously-balanced rocks to set the formal design earthquake motions for a major existing engineered structure -- the Clyde Dam, the largest concrete dam in New Zealand. For ...
Westchester Magazine

The Balanced Rock Continues to Fascinate in North Salem

Have you seen North Salem’s Balanced Rock? The theories behind the unique structure range from the natural to the otherworldly. Westchester recommendations are objective, unbiased, and curated by the ...