Most of the world's potable water—freshwater suitable for drinking—is accounted for by groundwater, which is stored in the pores and fractures in rocks.

世界上大部分的饮用水——适合饮用的淡水——是由地下水提供的，它储存在岩石的孔隙和裂缝中。

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Vugs and fractures are highly variable in size and in distribution.

岩穴与裂缝在孔的尺寸和孔分布上变化不一。

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The tsunamis created by such quakes tug on icesheets, inciting ruptures and fractures.

由地震产生的海啸冲击冰原，导致断层和裂缝。

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"It could be hitting natural fractures that already exist." Fox notes that toxic gases like benzene,toluene and hexane also accompany natural gas extraction.

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They're prescribed to increase bone density and prevent fractures.

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"We think because of the long term effect of the bone, there may be stress fractures that are not repairing and I think the bone is becoming brittle, and it's not exactly as if it occurs without any warning, but it occurs suddenly with minimal trauma."

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Injuries included strains, sprains and fractures as well as head and neck injuries.

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Ms Lewis suffered 52 fractures to her ribcage, internal bleeding and fractures to her spine, skull and pelvis, and died at the scene on 6 March, 2012.

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That gives the material strength, as there are fewer places for stress to build up and fractures to form than in hydroxyapatite made haphazardly of larger, more heterogeneous grains.

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