Spring and Block Model
Quantity:
1
Courses:
GEOS1034: Hazards
Used to Teach About:
References:
Burridge, R., & Knopoff, L. (1967). Model and theoretical seismicity. Bulletin of the seismological society of america, 57(3), 341-371.
Di Toro, G., Goldsby, D. L., & Tullis, T. E. (2004). Friction falls towards zero in quartz rock as slip velocity approaches seismic rates. Nature, 427(6973), 436.
Handy, M. R., Hirth, G., & Bürgmann, R. (2007). Continental fault structure and rheology from the frictional-to-viscous transition downward. Tectonic Faults: Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth, 139-81.
Moore, D. E., & Rymer, M. J. (2007). Talc-bearing serpentinite and the creeping section of the San Andreas fault. Nature, 448(7155), 795.
Rice, J. R., & Cocco, M. (2007). Seismic fault rheology and earthquake dynamics. Tectonic Faults: Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth, 99-137.
Scholz, C. H. (1998). Earthquakes and friction laws. Nature, 391(6662), 37. https://www.nature.com/articles/34097
Scholz, C. H. (2002). The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting. The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting, by Christopher H. Scholz, pp. 496. ISBN 0521652235. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, June 2002., 496.
External Links:
Vernier: https://www.vernier.com/products/sensors/wireless-sensors/wdss/
User Manual for the WDSS: https://www.vernier.com/files/manuals/wdss.pdf
Linton, K., & Stein, R. S. (2015). How to build and teach with QuakeCaster: an earthquake demonstration and exploration tool (No. 2011-1158). US Geological Survey. https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1158/ofr2011-1158v1.1.pdf
QuakeCaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Xt3qgV63c