Sentences with phrase «frictional stress»
Molnar, P., and P. England, Temperatures, heat flux, and frictional stress near major thrust faults, J. Geophys.
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«We now have four lines of evidence that frictional stress was low during the earthquake,» Brodsky said.
«We've been hamstrung without in situ measurements of frictional stress, and we now have that from the temperature data,» she said.
The JFAST results show that the frictional stress on the shallow portion of the fault was very low during the earthquake, which means that either the stress was low to begin with or all of the stress was released during the earthquake.
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U.S. Geological Survey scientist Jeanne Hardebeck calculated the frictional strength of subduction zone faults worldwide, and the stresses they are under.
A competing model invokes frictional contacts — essentially, particle collisions caused by stress — as the primary driver of thickening.
Following a frictional failure in the labquake, the shearing block moves or displaces, while the gouge material simultaneously dilates and strengthens, as shown by measurably increasing shear stress and friction.
«The daily variations in the tidal stresses from Saturn due to that eccentricity distort Enceladus and dump gigawatts of frictional heat into its interior,» Spencer wrote.
Wind stress is the frictional force exerted on the water surface by wind just above the surface.