Sentences with phrase «major fault lines»

Some areas are known to be more earthquake prone than others because they lie on major fault lines such as the San Andreas Fault in California, and the Madrid Fault in Missouri, or the Wasatch Fault in Utah.

Not only can earthquakes have an impact far beyond major fault lines, some areas of the country — notably, parts of Oklahoma — are experiencing more seismic activity as a result of oil drilling efforts.

Iran sits astride major fault lines and is prone to frequent tremors.

Huntington sees major fault lines appearing between what we may call the earth's «civilization plates» — between the Muslim and Asian societies on the one hand and the West on the other.

One can think of these cultural definitions as fissures which, when subjected to stress, become major fault lines along which changes in religion take place.

Earthquake risk associated with enhanced geothermal systems can be minimized by siting plants an appropriate distance away from major fault lines.

We live quite near several major fault lines, so I try not to lean too many things:).

Not only can earthquakes have an impact far beyond major fault lines, some areas of the country — notably, parts of Oklahoma — are experiencing more seismic activity as a result of oil drilling efforts.

«In Jesus Feminist Sarah Bessey writes with wit, wisdom and compassion about one of the major fault lines that runs through our churches and our world — the relationship between women and men.

The response to World Vision revealed some major fault lines in the Church, and many of us who grew up evangelical interpreted all the gleeful «farewelling» from evangelical leaders as our final kick out the door.

Today it is commonplace to point out that the major fault line within academic theology goes between conservatives and liberals rather than between different confessional traditions.

When a segment of a major fault line goes quiet, it can mean one of two things: The «seismic gap» may simply be inactive — the result of two tectonic plates placidly gliding past each other — or the segment may be a source of potential earthquakes, quietly building tension over decades until an inevitable seismic release.

Find out how many charters are in California and in the U.S., what the major fault lines are between charter schools and their opponents, and what some of the functions of charters are that make them distinct from traditional public schools.

Rubinstein: A major fault line in contemporary art is between curators and critics.

Friends of the Earth released a landmark report that found Diablo Canyon was built on a major fault line.

To elaborate on the last point, San Francisco is on a major fault line.