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Article #1460Earthquake's amplified?
From: Kenneth Tolman
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 23:32
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 23:32
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I am wondering if there is some autocatalytic element in earth-quakes. That is- does the beginning of a slippage induce further slippage by reducing friction or through some other mechanism? Is the quake self amplifying- and is that why they occur with tremendous energy rather than as a series of small imperceptible quakes? Is there any sort of amplification process in this deal? (The implication being that earthquakes may indeed be truly unpredictable)
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Newsgroups: sci.physics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!asylum.cs.utah.edu!tolman From: tolman%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Kenneth Tolman) Subject: Earthquake's amplified? Date: 24 Jul 92 17:32:20 MDT Message-ID: <1992Jul24.173220.21793@hellgate.utah.edu> Organization: University of Utah, CompSci Dept Lines: 9