An earthquake is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault shift or move. Scientists believe this occurs due to a process called elastic rebound theory, where stress builds up along a fault until overcoming friction, causing the rocks to suddenly shift and snap back to their original shape, releasing energy as an earthquake.
An earthquake is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault shift or move. Scientists believe this occurs due to a process called elastic rebound theory, where stress builds up along a fault until overcoming friction, causing the rocks to suddenly shift and snap back to their original shape, releasing energy as an earthquake.
An earthquake is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault shift or move. Scientists believe this occurs due to a process called elastic rebound theory, where stress builds up along a fault until overcoming friction, causing the rocks to suddenly shift and snap back to their original shape, releasing energy as an earthquake.
caused by a sudden release of energy when the rocks along a fault move. Earthquakes occur when rocks that have been deformed as a result of stress suddenly shift/move along a fault. Scientists believe earthquakes are caused by something called the ELASTIC REBOUND THEORY
What do you think of when you hear
the term Elastic Rebound?
What is Elastic Rebound?
1. Stress occurs along a
fault and the rocks try to move but cant due to friction. 2. Stress builds up, causing the rocks to deform (change shape) 3. When STRESS finally overcomes the friction, the rock shifts/moves. 4. This causes energy to be released in the form of an earthquake. 5. The rock snaps back, or rebounds, to its original, undeformed shape.
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