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Did the earth move for you? From great earthquakes to silent slip
Event type:
Evening meeting, Lecture
Organised by:
Home Counties North Regional Group
Venue:
Affinity Water, Tamblin Way, Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield, Herts
Event status:
EVENT CLOSED
A new type of seismic phenomena discovered at subduction zones in the last 15 years, namely "silent earthquakes" or slow-slip events, which release as much energy as large earthquakes but do so over several weeks or months with no ground-shaking. This talk will discuss their importance in understanding earth deformation and assessing seismic hazard.
Time
6pm for 6:30pm
Cost
Free
Speaker
Dr Rebecca Bell, Imperial College
Venue
Affinity Water, Tamblin Way, Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9EZ
Details
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