23.11 - Role of Elastic Rebound in Fault Mechanics
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What happens during the stick phase of fault mechanics?
💡 Hint: Think about what occurs before a quake.
Define a locked fault.
💡 Hint: What's happening to the energy over time?
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What defines a locked fault?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when things are stuck.
True or False: Creeping faults store significant energy for large earthquakes.
💡 Hint: Think about their continuous slipping behavior.
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An engineer observes a fault that has just begun to creep continuously after decades of being locked. Predict how this change might affect earthquake risk in the area.
💡 Hint: Evaluate how the energy release pattern changes over time.
Calculate the stored energy in a locked fault segment given its length, width, and their respective stress and strain values.
💡 Hint: Check if the volume is calculated as length times width times thickness.
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