[FRIAM] Wedtech to Friam: earthquakes

2008-12-01 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Dear All, We have been having a discussion on a SF Site called Wedtech about the relationship between explanation, simulation, and prediction. If you want to get a sense of the starting point of that discussion, have a look at Josh Epstein's forum entry in the current JASSS, which seems to be

Re: [FRIAM] Wedtech to Friam: earthquakes

2008-12-01 Thread Robert Holmes
Hi Nick - yes there's an independent measure of stress. It involves structural geologists going out into the field and measuring dips, inclines, deformations etc.. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_geology for links. Robert On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Nicholas Thompson < [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [FRIAM] Wedtech to Friam: earthquakes

2008-12-02 Thread Phil Henshaw
al tearing within the crust, having leading vibration events and propagation fronts, etc. Phil Henshaw From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Thompson Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 3:04 PM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: [FRIAM] Wedtech to Friam: earthquakes