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I think you're right |
The hanging wall is less constrained, so moves more in the earthquake. It depends also on how shallow the rupture extends. If the rupture does not extend all the way up to the ocean floor, it would be more symmetric. There is some debate whether slip tapers, even in the biggest events, toward the surface, and accretionary prisms are complicated to interpret. Intuitively, I think this applies more to the horizontal motion, the vertical is partly determined by the flexing of the subducting plate, and so it more complicated. I see I wrote lots of waffle words, this is not my specialty, and of course no map of deformation is available yet for this event. Follow Ups: ● Re: I think you're right - Cathryn 02:46:53 - 1/1/2005 (24165) (1) ● accretionary prisms - chris in suburbia 06:05:50 - 1/1/2005 (24173) (1) ● in simpler terms - John Vidale 07:16:37 - 1/1/2005 (24181) (0) ● what time is the MSNBC discussion - chris in suburbia 06:28:08 - 12/31/2004 (24137) (1) ● noon PST? - John Vidale 08:35:03 - 12/31/2004 (24140) (1) ● Re: noon PST? - Mary C. 14:10:17 - 12/31/2004 (24151) (1) ● Re: noon PST? - Cathryn 02:49:24 - 1/1/2005 (24168) (0) |
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