由于地壳调整和断层作用，直布罗陀海峡打开了，海水一举泻入地中海，十分壮观。直布罗陀海峡现在是地中海与大西洋的连接处。
As a result of crustal adjustments and faulting, the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean now connects to the Atlantic, opened, and water cascaded spectacularly back into the Mediterranean.
断层对于形成金子有着至关重要的作用。富含矿物质的水流在数亿年间不断冲刷裂缝，逐渐累积成了矿石。
A fault is essential for creating any deposit of gold, as mineral-rich fluids pumping through the fissure for eons gradually concentrate the ore there.
1999年土耳其伊兹密特(Izmit)发生大地震，紧接着在同一断层线的东部的迪兹杰(duzce)[3]发生了另一场大地震，我们确信，这两场地震因为应力作用而相互关联。
In 1999 the deadly Izmit earthquake in Turkey was followed a short time later by the Duzje earthquake to the east along the same fault line, and we believe they were related through stress.
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