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- adjective Capable of causing
earthquakes
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Examples
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Observation and direct sampling of the seismogenic zone
Deep Sea Drilling Vessel - Chikyu Rhonda Carrier 2008
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Observation and direct sampling of the seismogenic zone
Archive 2008-11-23 Rhonda Carrier 2008
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These data will be used to compile and integrate data on fault and sediment input properties from a number of subduction zones with a range of tectonic parameters and seismogenic behaviour.
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The Mandya-Channapatna-Bangalore lineament (a potential fault-line) is the "seismogenic source" for the city, and an earthquake of magnitude 5 on the Richter Scale was the most intense the region has seen.
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Migrating tremors illuminate complex deformation beneath the seismogenic San Andreas fault
Naturejobs - All Jobs David R. Shelly 2010
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The authors of the study are confident that the results will make it possible to better identify the continental seismogenic sources affecting the Iberian Peninsula.
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Using borehole geophysical measurements in conjunction with laboratory studies, scientists study heat flow, stress, fluid pressure, and the mechanical behavior of fault-zone materials at seismogenic depths to yield improved models of the earthquake cycle.
unknown title 2009
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Using borehole geophysical measurements in conjunction with laboratory studies, scientists study heat flow, stress, fluid pressure, and the mechanical behavior of fault-zone materials at seismogenic depths to yield improved models of the earthquake cycle.
unknown title 2009
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No coseismic offset in the position of the glacier surface is observed; instead, modest tsunamis associated with the glacial earthquakes implicate glacier calving in the seismogenic process.
RealClimate 2009
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Using borehole geophysical measurements in conjunction with laboratory studies, scientists study heat flow, stress, fluid pressure, and the mechanical behavior of fault-zone materials at seismogenic depths to yield improved models of the earthquake cycle.
unknown title 2009
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