' stress drop '
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stress drop
Sunday, January 05, 2014
6:01 PM
The difference between the stress across a fault before and after an earthquake. A parameter in many models of the earthquake source that has a bearing on the level of high-frequency shaking that the fault radiates. Commonly stated in units termed bars or megapascals (1 bar equals 1 kg/cm2
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Created: 2014-01-05
Updated: 2014-01-05