Earthquake Prediction: The Scientific Challenge

ISBN-10: 0309058376
ISBN-13: 9780309058377
Series: Earthquake Prediction
Category: Earthquake prediction
Pages: 340
Language: English
Published: 1996-01-01
Publisher: National Academies Press
Author: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Support for a model of inhomogeneous fracture is to be found in the following observations: (iv) Heaton (28) has observed self-healing pulses of slip in large earthquakes; these are propagating patches of slip that imply a reduction in ...

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