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Earthquake 'Memory' Could Spur Aftershocks

Using a novel device that simulates earthquakes in a laboratory setting, a Los Alamos researcher and his colleagues have shown that seismic waves, the vibrations that radiate from earth quakes, can induce earthquake aftershocks, often long after a quake has subsided. (PDF File)

Study of Tectonically Controlled, Time-Dependent Basaltic Volcanism

Urbanization and construction of long-term facilities in basaltic volcanic fields creates an important class of volcanic risk assessment problems. Understanding the evolution of basaltic volcanic fields is critical to the understanding of basaltic magmatism and to volcanic risk assessment. Estimation of event probabilities in basaltic fields that are dominated by monogenetic volcanoes requires forecasts of both the recurrence rates (or timing) and locations of future events. (Read more.)

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• - Los Alamos Scientists at Forefront of Atmospheric Research

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