Lecture #12- Elastic Rebound
Stress and Strain
Stress
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Strain
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Elastic Energy
Earthquakes & Strain
A “Creeping” Fault
Fault Friction
A Locked Fault
Earthquake Energy
Reid’s Elastic Rebound Model
The Elastic Rebound Model
Reid’s Earthquake Cycle
Earthquakes
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Earthquakes Are More Complex
California Deformations
Author: Robert Herrmann
E-mail: rbh@eas.slu.edu
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