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- Title
Redefining Earthquakes AND THE Earthquake Machine.
- Authors
Hubenthal, Michael; Braile, Larry; Taber, John
- Abstract
The article discusses the Earthquake Machine Lite (EML), a model of stick-slip fault systems. The EML is used by teachers to increase student participation and interest in earthquakes. The EML allows students to visualize the inputs and outputs of a fault system and experiment with stick-slip fault behavior. It also displays the concept of an earthquake's magnitude and how the magnitude can be calculated based on the physical features of the fault. Photographs of the machine are provided.
- Subjects
SEISMOLOGICAL research; EARTHQUAKE magnitude measurement; EARTHQUAKES; RICHTER scale; FAULT zones
- Publication
Science Teacher, 2008, Vol 75, Issue 1, p32
- ISSN
0036-8555
- Publication type
Article