Dynamic Forces: Earthquakes and the Science of Indoor Oceans

Earth's tectonic plates move past each other at cracks in Earth's crust called faults. Faults move in diverse ways - some faults slowly creep, while others are locked until they suddenly move in catastrophic earthquakes.
As a seismologist, I use seismic waves to investigate rarely studied but globally significant faults that offer answers to pressing questions in earthquake science. Why do some faults continuously creep whereas others slip in sudden earthquakes? How do large temperature variations influence the rupture of faults that are co-located with active volcanoes?

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