Megathrust earthquakes: Modeling the long and short of subduction zones
Plates at subduction zones typically move just a few centimeters per year. But when accumulated stress at these convergent ...
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Lesson 4: Plate Motions and Faults
As observed in Lesson 3, at low pressures and temperatures rock is a brittle material that will fail by fracture if the stresses become sufficiently large. When a lateral displacement takes place ...