Elastic Rebound Model
Elastic Rebound Model : a model of the overall earthquake genesis process first put forth by H. F. Reid in 1910. It says the energy that is released in a tectonic earthquake accumulates slowly in the vicinity of the fault in the form of elastic strain energy in the rocks, until the stresses on the fault exceed its strength and sudden rupture occurs. The rock masses on the two sides of the fault move in a direction to reduce the strain in them. At the time this model was proposed, the source of the accumulating strain was not known
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