Sentences with phrase «sliding during an earthquake»

Sluice Pond also has steep sides to its center basin, which would make it susceptible to landsliding or underwater sliding during an earthquake with significant shaking.

The friction as two massive plates of the Earth's crust slide past one another is dissipated as heat, so temperature measurements can give scientists a handle on the fault's resistance to sliding during the earthquake.

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Highly destructive earthquakes caused by subduction occur because of excessive friction that develops during the sliding process, resulting in a build - up of stress.

Our results provide a more accurate understanding of what happens during earthquake sliding that can lead to better computer models and could lead to better predictions of seismic shaking danger.»