What is the Elastic Rebound Theory?

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What is the Elastic Rebound Theory? Explains how energy is stored in rocks Rocks bend until the strength of the rock is exceeded Rupture occurs and the rocks quickly rebound to an undeformed shape Energy is released in waves that radiate outward from the fault

The Focus and Epicenter of an Earthquake The point within Earth where faulting begins is the focus, or hypocenter The point directly above the focus on the surface is the epicenter

Where Do Earthquakes Occur and How Often? ~80% of all earthquakes occur in the circum-Pacific belt most of these result from convergent margin activity ~15% occur in the Mediterranean-Asiatic belt remaining 5% occur in the interiors of plates and on spreading ridge centers more than 150,000 quakes strong enough to be felt are recorded each year

The Economics and Societal Impacts of EQs Damage in Oakland, CA, 1989 Building collapse Fire Tsunami Ground failure

How is an Earthquake’s Epicenter Located? Three seismograph stations are needed to locate the epicenter of an earthquake A circle where the radius equals the distance to the epicenter is drawn The intersection of the circles locates the epicenter

Why do earthquakes occur? focus epicenter Fractures, faults Energy released and propagates in all directions as seismic waves causing earthquakes Why do rock break? Review three types of stress: tension, compression, shear Three types of deformation resulting: elastic, plastic and brittle We’re concerned with the brittle deformation – causes faults, fractures through which energy, created by the friction, is released Define Focus, epicenter and seismic waves

Crater Lake, Oregon

The Stump of Mount Mazama

What comes out of a volcano? Ash

What comes out of a volcano? Gas What comes out of a volcano? Most common: H2O CO2 SO2 HCl

What comes out of a volcano? Lava

Mauna Loa (Hawai’i): A typical shield volcano

Mt. St. Helens: A typical composite volcano

Mt. St. Helens after its 1980 eruption

How Calderas Form

Plate-tectonic setting of volcanism Explosive (andesitic) volcanoes form at subduction zones.

Plate-tectonic setting of volcanism At spreading centers, low pressure triggers mantle melting—fluid basaltic magma rises.

Plate-tectonic setting of volcanism Within plates, rising plumes of hotter mantle feed hot spots; varied volcanoes result (basaltic on Hawaii).

Mt. St. Helens Pyroclastic Eruption

Mount Saint Helens- after

Mt. Saint Helens before

Phreatic (vapor) eruption

Bulge

After the eruption

Pyroclastic eruption

Volcanic landscape: A Caldera (Crater Lake)