Collaborative Research: High-velocity and long-displacement stick-slips: Experimental anal — NSF Award to University of Texas at A
An earthquake develops when rocks deep in the Earth suddenly break, or when sudden offset or 'slip' occurs along a pre-existing fault. Geoscientists lack detailed knowledge of rock failure and fault slip behavior, and this is one reason that efforts to forecast damaging earthquakes have not been entirely successful. Ea
| Award title | Collaborative Research: High-velocity and long-displacement stick-slips: Experimental anal |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2240417 |
| Awardee | University of Texas at Austin |
| City | AUSTIN |
| State | TX |
| Amount obligated | $440,327 |
| Principal investigator | Nicola Tisato |
| Program | Geophysics |
| Start date | 03/01/2023 |
| Abstract | An earthquake develops when rocks deep in the Earth suddenly break, or when sudden offset or 'slip' occurs along a pre-existing fault. Geoscientists lack detailed knowledge of rock failure and fault slip behavior, and this is one reason that efforts to forecast damaging earthquakes have not been entirely successful. Earthquake fault slip begins below the Earth's surface where it cannot be directly observed, so scientists perform laboratory experiments to simulate miniature earthquakes in blocks |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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