Earthquake Turns Water To Gold: Nature Geoscience Study Explains How Mysterious Phenomenon Occurs
Whoever came up with the idea that a pot of gold is found at the end of the rainbow must have mixed up the effects of natural phenomenon.
A new study shows that, in fact gold can be found in the midst of an earthquake, according to a report by The Epoch Times.
The Nature Geoscience journal published a study stating that earthquakes cause water in fault lines to vaporize, leaving a deposit of gold.
"Given that small-magnitude earthquakes are exceptionally frequent in fault systems, this process may be the primary driver for the formation of economic gold deposits," said geophysicist Dion Weatherly of the University of Queensland, according to LiveScience.com.
Nature Geoscience reported that water often lubricates the inside of faults, their fractures, and "fault jogs," or cracks connecting main fault lines in the rock. The water carries gold, silica, and carbon dioxide about six miles underneath the Earth Six miles under the Earth, reported the website.
When an earthquake occurs, Weatherley said, the fault opens up wider and water inside vaporizes under extreme pressure and temperature. The vaporized water then forces the silica, quarts, and gold out of the liquids.
Natural disaster? Try natural miracles.
Move over rainbows, your pot of gold will soon be found elsewhere.
