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SUMMARY:Crustal deformation and Earthquakes - Professor Jean-Phillipe Avou
 ac\, BP McKenzie Professor of Earth Sciences
DTSTART:20150123T140000Z
DTEND:20150123T150000Z
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CONTACT:Ms Helen Gardner
DESCRIPTION:Space techniques (GPS\, optical and radar remote sensing) have
  revolutionized our ability to monitor geological processes\, opening new 
 avenues to investigate the related mechanisms and develop quantitative mod
 els. In this talk I will introduce some of the methods we use in that effe
 ct and provide a brief overview of some earth science questions which can 
 be addressed with those techniques. I’ll focus more specifically on ques
 tions related to earthquake hazard such as: what determines the seismic po
 tential of a faults system? or what fraction of geodetic strain is elastic
  strain to be released in future earthquakes? This will lead to discussing
  various seismic and aseismic deformation mechanisms and how they depend o
 n the rocks characteristics\, fluids or temperature. 
LOCATION:Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR3
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