S A F Palm Springs Eight is a photograph by Tina M Wenger which was uploaded on August 19th, 2014.
S A F Palm Springs Eight
The plates are continually moving but where the touch each other, they get stuck. As the rest of the plates moves, the stuck parts deform like... more
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S A F Palm Springs Eight
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Tina M Wenger
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Photograph - Prints Of Photographs
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The plates are continually moving but where the touch each other, they get stuck. As the rest of the plates moves, the stuck parts deform like compressing a spring so they build up stress in the rocks along the fault. When the rock breaks or slips, the suddenly plates move, causing an earthquake. The entire process is called elastic rebound. As they break and scrape by one another, they produce seismic waves that travel through the ground and shake the surface. We know this shaking as earthquakes. While we think of plates as rigid, they can stretch a little, like pizza crust. That is why we can have an earthquake on the SAF in northern California but not on the SAF in southern California.
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August 19th, 2014
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