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2021 Monsoon rains reactivate earth fissures in Cochise County, Arizona
Earth fissures reopen near Dragoon Rd. and elsewhere in Willcox Playa area.
Graduate student’s investigating Arizona’s earth fissures
Graduate students at the UArizona and ASU wade into earth fissures.
Rapid infilling of a fresh earth fissure in southern Pinal County, Arizona w/ comment by Ken Fergason
Rapid infilling of a 2-mile long fissure in the Tator Hills earth study area, Pinal County
Earth fissure undermines Houston Avenue in Apache Junction, Arizona
The 2018 monsoon season opened an earth fissure in Apache Junction that damaged and closed Houston Avenue road.
Rifting in East Africa | Earth Fissures in Arizona
CBS News uses Arizona earth fissure images to contrast with large ground fracture in the East African Rift of Kenya.
Arizona's Monsoon Season Drives Earth Fissure Activity
Oddly enough, Arizona has an earth fissure season; a season when fissures are more likely to first appear or undergo renewed activity. This article showcases revised earth fissure maps for parts of Cochise, Maricopa, and Pinal Counties, as well as case studies of one new (Tator Hills) and one reactivated fissure (Apache Junction). Systematic mapping and observations of the physical conditions of ‘older’ fissures suggests that earth fissure activity in some study areas is waning.
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