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		hugh3 on Aug 24, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Russia plans $65bn tunnel to America Earthquake resistance, yes. But building a tunnel right across the middle of a spreading mid-oceanic ridge? Nobody has ever done that before and it seems problematic.

archangel_one on Aug 24, 2011 [–]

According to this, they're actually both on the same plate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plates_tect2_en.svg

Are you sure it's spreading there?

hugh3 on Aug 24, 2011 | [–]

Oops, I stand corrected. No mid-oceanic ridge there.

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