Tectonics Laboratory

Solid earth science is increasingly moving from a steady-state view of tectonic processes to a time-variable paradigm that recognizes the importance of the interaction of short time scale processes, such as transient fault creep, great earthquakes, and postseismic deformation, with the geologic time scale development of the system.

This project addresses the following fundamental questions:

• How does strain accumulate along plate boundaries, and how is it released during the earthquake cycle?
• What are the relationships between short-term geodetic behavior and long-lived geologic structure?
• What are the appropriate rheological models of the lithosphere over different spatial and temporal scales?

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