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What Is an Earthquake?: Fault-Rupture Analogies

What Is an Earthquake?: Fault-Rupture Analogies

This activity has two parts: the first part will demonstrate the weaknesses of simple fault models (like block diagrams) in depicting the process of fault rupture accurately; and the second part is centered around a fairly simple animation of rupture propagation, seen by an oblique map view, that attempts to show more accurately what we should envision when we think about fault rupture. This activity provides different analogies for describing the process of fault rupture, with attention paid to the strengths and weaknesses of each.
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Material Type:
Quiz/Test
Date Added to MERLOT:
August 3, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 3, 2016
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Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
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College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
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Website
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Language:
English
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