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Extension Failure: an Earthquake Mechanism

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An earthquake mechanism is described which operates when a liquid is present within a non-homogeneously stressed solid. Earthquakes are described which show distributions of P-wave compressions and dilatations which are consistent with the new mechanism and are inconsistent with shear fracture as the mechanism at the source.

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  1. Seismic Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad

    GEOFFREY R. ROBSON

  2. Observatories Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada

    KENNETH G. BARR

  3. Institute of Geophysics, National Antonomous University, Mexico

    LUIS CANALES LUNA

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  1. GEOFFREY R. ROBSON
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ROBSON, G., BARR, K. & LUNA, L. Extension Failure: an Earthquake Mechanism. Nature 218, 28–32 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218028a0

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