Objectives
The focus of this group’s activities is the feasibility assessment of earthquake prediction through monitoring and surveillance of the behavior of active faults and crustal deformation. This includes the study of earthquake precursors and the simulation of the earthquake cycle in order to understand the complexities of earthquake physics and fault mechanics. Another main objective of this group is to conduct laboratory, numerical, and field studies on the governing laws of the generation and formation of seismic ruptures, ultimately aiming to establish a scientific method for predicting major earthquakes. These studies are mainly conducted in collaboration with the Seismology and Geotechnical Engineering Research Institutes and the National Broadband Seismic Network Center of the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES).
Programs
• Anomalous seismic activities such as foreshocks, seismic quiescence, and changes in source and crustal parameters;
• Paleoseismological studies, hydrological data, and analysis of stress transfer and triggering;
• Laboratory, numerical, and field studies of fault mechanics and earthquake physics.
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