Sentences with phrase «from the fault movement»

He suspects that about 1 meter of coastal ground uplift resulting from the fault movement disturbed the sea floor enough to trigger the tsunami.

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The strike - slip and thrust movements of the fault may drive water from the Red Sea in between the fault and the surface of the igneous block, allowing the two to slip past each other, the scientists suggest.

In those regions, such as California, the faults that can result from that rock movement usually lie close to the surface, making them relatively easy to study.

The ends of the Parkfield fault were the most likely areas to experience prolonged slipping after the earthquake, Lienkaemper noted, suggesting that slip in these parts of the fault gradually increased as stress transferred from movement of the central section of the rupture.

To investigate the mechanisms of the very large fault movements, we conducted high - velocity (1.3 meters per second) friction experiments on samples retrieved from the plate - boundary thrust associated with the earthquake.

To find this place where the fault first began to rupture, the researchers analyze near - fault strong - motion data (movements that took place at a distance of up to a few tens of kilometers away from the fault) as well as long distance (thousands of kilometers) teleseismic data.

Liverpool Seismologist, Stephen Hicks from the School of Environmental Sciences, who led the research, said: «It was previously thought that dense geological bodies in an active fault zone may cause more movement of the fault during an earthquake.»

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) at its Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) have discovered a way to forecast earthquakes based on slow fault movements caused by moving sub layers of Earth.

This is why effortless movement is good movement and anything that detracts from efficient movement is considered a fault, whether it results from injury, breeding, poor structure or bad habits.

Faults include crossing of the feet; throwing the weight from side to side; stiff steps resulting in a choppy, jerky movement; and a pacing gait.