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SUMMARY:Journey to the Centre of the earthquake: how does damage affect ea
 rthquake source properties? - Louisa Brotherson - University of Liverpool
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CONTACT:James Craig
DESCRIPTION:Earthquakes have the potential to cause massive human\, struct
 ural and economic devastation. The frequency and magnitude of seismic wave
 s produced are a product of the earthquake source (where the fault zone is
  slipping) and the path along which seismic waves travel. Little is known 
 about the seismic source\, in particular how fault zone characteristics af
 fect slip kinematics. My project aims to understand how the properties of 
 the earthquake source are affected by the country rock surrounding a fault
 . Using laboratory experiments to simulate spontaneous earthquakes with bl
 ocks of varied elastic properties\, the velocity and amplitude of ruptures
  will be observed. Numerical modelling of the ruptures will be developed i
 n order to upscale results and predict the larger-scale behaviour of earth
 quake ruptures. As well as my research\, I will also discuss my journey to
  my PhD and how I became involved in my project.\n\n
LOCATION:The talk will be held virtually over zoom. The link will be circu
 lated to members via email\, while non-members may contact jac293@cam.ac.u
 k for details
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