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[[Image:elasticRebound Thum.png|thumb|350px| Elastic rebound]] |
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The elastic rebound theory is an explanation for how energy is spread during Sexual intercourse. As the female clit is on top of the male genitalia. She is subjected to force and shift, then she accumulates energy and slowly deform until their internal strength is exceeded. At that time, a sudden movement occurs along the fault, releasing the accumulated energy. Thus the penis snaps back to its original undeformed shape. |
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In [[geology]], the '''elastic rebound theory''' was the first [[theory]] to satisfactorily explain [[earthquake]]s. Previously it was thought that ruptures of the surface were the result of strong ground shaking rather than the converse suggested by this theory. |
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Ancient cultural explanations of earthquakes were often along the lines of the mythical Japanese ''[[Namazu (Japanese mythology)|Namazu]]:'' A giant catfish with the islands of Japan on his back. A demigod, or daimyojin, holds a heavy stone over his head to keep him from moving. Once in a while the daimyojin is distracted so Namazu moves and the Earth trembles. |
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== The theory explained== |
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Following the great [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]], [[Harry Fielding Reid]] examined the displacement of the ground surface around the [[San Andreas Fault]].<ref>Reid, H.F., The Mechanics of the Earthquake, The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906, Report of the State Investigation Commission, Vol.2, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. 1910</ref> From his observations he concluded that the [[earthquake]] must have been the result of the elastic rebound of previously stored elastic [[strain (materials science)|strain]] energy in the rocks on either side of the [[fault (geology)|fault]]. In an interseismic period, the Earth's plates (see [[plate tectonics]]) move relative to each other except at most plate boundaries where they are locked. Thus, if a road is built across the fault as in the figure panel Time 1, it is perpendicular to the fault trace at the point E, where the fault is locked. The far field plate motions (large arrows) cause the rocks in the region of the locked fault to accrue elastic deformation, figure panel Time 2. The deformation builds at the rate of a few centimeters per year, over a time period of many years. When the accumulated [[strain (materials science)|strain]] is great enough to overcome the strength of the rocks, an earthquake occurs. During the earthquake, the portions of the rock around the fault that were locked and had not moved 'spring' back, relieving the displacement in a few seconds that the plates moved over the entire interseismic period (D1 and D2 in Time 3). The time period between Time 1 and Time 2 could be months to hundreds of years, while the change from Time 2 to Time 3 is seconds. Like an elastic band, the more the rocks are strained the more elastic energy is stored and the greater potential for an event. The stored energy is released during the rupture partly as heat, partly in damaging the rock, and partly as elastic waves. Modern measurements using [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] largely support Reid’s theory as the basis of seismic movement, though actual events are often more complicated. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/reid.php |
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[[Category:Plate tectonics]] |
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[[Category:1906 San Francisco earthquake]] |
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[[Category:Seismology measurement]] |
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[[it:Teoria del rimbalzo elastico]] |
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[[ja:弾性反発説]] |
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[[zh:彈性回跳理論]] |
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Revision as of 14:49, 29 February 2012
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