that the sudden shift of a huge quantity of water into the region could have relaxed the tension between the two sides of the fault, allowing them to move apart, and could have increased the direct pressure on it, causing a violent rupture Zipingpu Dam 25 times more The government seismically active access to seismological and geological data
What was concluded about the construction? What structure did an article contemplate could have caused the quake? What was the affect of the dam on the stresses in that area? Who disregarded warnings about dams in the area? What type of area is Sichuan? What have researchers been denied?
An article in Science suggested that the construction and filling of the Zipingpu Dam may have triggered the earthquake. The chief engineer of the Sichuan Geology and Mineral Bureau said that the sudden shift of a huge quantity of water into the region could have relaxed the tension between the two sides of the fault, allowing them to move apart, and could have increased the direct pressure on it, causing a violent rupture. The effect was "25 times more" than a year's worth of natural stress from tectonic movement. The government had disregarded warnings about so many large-scale dam projects in a seismically active area. Researchers have been denied access to seismological and geological data to examine the cause of the quake further.
question: What was concluded about the construction?, answer: that the sudden shift of a huge quantity of water into the region could have relaxed the tension between the two sides of the fault, allowing them to move apart, and could have increased the direct pressure on it, causing a violent rupture | question: What structure did an article contemplate could have caused the quake?, answer: Zipingpu Dam | question: What was the affect of the dam on the stresses in that area?, answer: 25 times more | question: Who disregarded warnings about dams in the area?, answer: The government | question: What type of area is Sichuan?, answer: seismically active | question: What have researchers been denied?, answer: access to seismological and geological data