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Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; June 2000; v. 90; no. 3; p. 781-785; DOI: 10.1785/0119990040
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Acoustic Fluidization for Earthquakes?

Didier Sornette and Anne Sornette

Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics and Department of Earth
and Space Sciences
UCLA, Box 951567
Los Angeles CA 90095-1567
(D. S.)

Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée
CNRS UMR6622
Universite de Nice-Sophia Antipolis
06108 NICE Cedex 2, France
(D. S., A. S.)

Melosh (1996) has suggested that acoustic fluidization could provide an alternative to theories that are invoked as explanations for why some faults appear to be weak. We show that there is a subtle but profound inconsistency in the theory that unfortunately invalidates the results. We propose possible remedies but must acknowledge that the relevance of acoustic fluidization remains an open question.






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