Reading Earth's BP
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07/07/2001
Scientists on Friday unveiled a $20 million system expected to revolutionise the study of earthquakes by measuring the earth's movements down to the milimeter. The Southern California Integrated Global Positioning System Network (SCIGN), a joint project by universities and federal agencies including the US Geological Survey and NASA, uses satellites originally designed for military navigation of the jigsaw puzzle-like plates that make up the Earth's crust.