1). They are allowed to slip in the direction of the tangential traction imposed by the motion of tectonic plates. Their slip is controlled by their constitutive equations and by the forces exerted by the surrounding medium. We introduce a discrete fault model where the average values of ...
Earth's crust is made up of tectonic plates that are slowly moving, at about the same speed as a fingernail grows. Volcanoes typically occur where these plates either move away from each other or where one pushes beneath another. But volcanoes can also be in the middle of plates, as Hawai...
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