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NSF pulls support for SAFOD - Skywise - 04-27-2014
Quote:NSF pulls support for quake observatory
Troubled project sought to observe tremors from deep within the San Andreas fault.
The future of an effort to monitor earthquakes from within the infamous San Andreas fault is on shaky ground. On 14 April, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) said that it will stop soliciting proposals for new experiments at the partially completed San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD), and may move to “mothball” the facility, located in Parkfield, California, within the year.
Full article at link.
http://www.nature.com/news/nsf-pulls-support-for-quake-observatory-1.15076
Brian