Sentences with phrase «fault zone heated»
«It would be a great disservice to society if we did not learn as much as possible from the fault zone heated by this huge earthquake,» says Kiyoshi Suyehiro, president and chief executive of the management group of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP).
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If the fault zone does not have hydrous phases or carbonates, the sudden heating that begins when sliding starts raises the local temperature on the fault all the way to the melting temperature of the rock.
Extreme heating in a very thin zone along the fault produces the very weak lubricant.
As earthquakes get started, local extreme heating takes place in the fault zone.
One possible cause could be geothermal heat seeping through fault zones.