Seismic belt, narrow geographic zone on the Earth’s surface along which most earthquake activity occurs. The outermost layer of the Earth (lithosphere) is made up of several large tectonic plates. The edges where these plates move against one another ar
But these earthquakes were centered in the middle of a tectonic plate, far from any established fault lines, which was highly unusual. Recent studies of the earthquakes suggest an uncommon and significant explanation for this incident: the splitting of one of Earth's tectonic plates.JAKE ALLEN...
In geology, a fault is a fracture or discontinuity in the planet’s surface, along which movement and displacement takes place. On Earth, they are the result of activity with plate tectonics, the largest of which takes place at the plate boundaries. Energy released by the rapid movement on ...
2、Wilson suggested that the long chain of volcanoes stretching northwest from Hawaii is simply the surface expression of a long-lived volcanic source located beneath thetectonicplate in the mantle.(威尔逊认为,夏威夷向西北延伸的火山长链只是一个长期存于板块下、地幔中的火山源在板块表面的表现。) ...
The oblique plate boundary is a mature fault zone, most probably filled with fluids, and thus close to failure. As such, it cannot sustain high stress. The release of seismic energy is fast with smaller events. On the other hand, the right-lateral N-S trending faults are documented at ...
The southern region of Istanbul is part of the North Anatolian Fault (NAF) separating Eurasia from the Anatolian plate. This geological fault is a large tectonic plate boundary known to be able to generate destructive earthquakes that cause mass casualties. ...
7. If an ocean floortectonicplate meets the edge of a continent and they push against each other, the heavier one sinks down and goes under the other one. 如果一个海底构造板块与大陆边缘接触并相互挤压,较重的板块下沉到另一个的下面。
some parts of Anatolia are escaping sideways to the west along the North and East Anatolian fault systems7,8, in a process called tectonic escape. At the same time the African plate is being subducted to the north beneath the western part of Anatolia, yet the subducting African plate is bei...
Geologists refer to the very small ones as "microplates," although that term has loose definitions. The Juan de Fuca plate, for example, is very small (ranked 22nd in size) and could be considered a microplate. Its role in the discovery of seafloor spreading, however, leads to its inclusio...
Major faults are known to lie along material interfaces, including plate interfaces and tectonic lines. Recent high-precision observations have revealed th... H Shiro,Y Teruo - 《Geophysical Journal International》 被引量: 12发表: 2011年 Seismicity and stress state in the South China Sea, Indoch...