Subduction zone splay faults compound hazards of great earthquakes
May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, May 20 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
Groundbreaking research has provided new insight into the tectonic plate shifts that create some of the Earth's largest earthquakes and tsunamis.
"This is the first study to employ coastal geology to reconstruct the rupture history of the splay fault system," said Jessica DePaolis, postdoctoral fellow in Virginia Tech's Department of Geosciences. "These splay faults are closer to the . . .
Groundbreaking research has provided new insight into the tectonic plate shifts that create some of the Earth's largest earthquakes and tsunamis.
"This is the first study to employ coastal geology to reconstruct the rupture history of the splay fault system," said Jessica DePaolis, postdoctoral fellow in Virginia Tech's Department of Geosciences. "These splay faults are closer to the . . .