Blind thrust earthquake
A blind thrust earthquake occurs along a thrust fault that does not show signs on the Earth's surface, hence the designation "blind". Such faults, being invisible at the surface, have not been mapped by standard surface geological mapping. Sometimes they are discovered as a by-product of oil exploration seismology; in other cases their existence is not suspected. Although such earthquakes are not amongst the most energetic, they are sometimes the most destructive, as conditions combine to form an urban earthquake which greatly affects urban seismic risk.
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Blind thrust earthquake
A blind thrust earthquake occurs along a thrust fault that does not show signs on the Earth's surface, hence the designation "blind". Such faults, being invisible at the surface, have not been mapped by standard surface geological mapping. Sometimes they are discovered as a by-product of oil exploration seismology; in other cases their existence is not suspected. Although such earthquakes are not amongst the most energetic, they are sometimes the most destructive, as conditions combine to form an urban earthquake which greatly affects urban seismic risk.
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A blind thrust earthquake occu ...... ly affects urban seismic risk.
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盲斷層是指沒有破裂到地表,因此從地表看來沒有任何異狀的斷層類 ...... 就存在著尚未被觀察到的盲斷層,若有錯動往往會發生毀滅性地震。
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A blind thrust earthquake occu ...... ly affects urban seismic risk.
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盲斷層是指沒有破裂到地表,因此從地表看來沒有任何異狀的斷層類 ...... 就存在著尚未被觀察到的盲斷層,若有錯動往往會發生毀滅性地震。
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Blind thrust earthquake
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盲斷層
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