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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=250320017-11102005>>> </SPAN>Suppose
you stuffed a hundred tons of dynamite down a borehole in the middle of a break
fault and set it off, would that trigger the earthquake early?<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=250320017-11102005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>What if you used a deep under ground nuclear blast to
create a large hollow or molten area at the point where the plates come
together.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=250320017-11102005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Since the plates move so little per year, wouldn't the
hollow/magma area allow for future movement to occur gradually rather than
causing the pressure to accumulate.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=250320017-11102005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I would think that even though almost no mass is
actually consumed in the reaction that sufficient compaction of less dense
materials would occur to create more room for the plates to slide
to.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org
[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Russell
Wallace<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 10, 2005 11:55 PM<BR><B>To:</B> ExI chat
list<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [extropy-chat] A sad day<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>On 10/11/05, <B class=gmail_sendername>Robert J. Bradbury</B> <<A
href="mailto:bradbury@aeiveos.com">bradbury@aeiveos.com</A>> wrote:
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">One
also has to differentiate between "slip" faults and<BR>"break"
faults. Very different and not always
clearly<BR>separate. I would suggest that the lubricant
approach<BR>would work with slip faults. It would not work with
break <BR>faults. In (a) you are dealing with plates slipping
past<BR>each other; in (b) you are dealing with plates running into<BR>each
other such that the only way around is to snap one<BR>of the
plates. Very distinct phenomena. </BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>Suppose you stuffed a hundred tons of dynamite down a borehole in the
middle of a break fault and set it off, would that trigger the earthquake
early?<BR><BR>- Russell<BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>