A mechanism to explain the generation of earthquake lights

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Abstract

Explanations of how earthquake lights might arise have failed to show how large charge densities can be concentrated and sustained in a conductive Earth. A physical model is proposed, based on frictional heating of the fault, that solves this and related problems. © 1983 Nature Publishing Group.

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Lockner, D. A., Johnston, M. J. S., & Byerlee, J. D. (1983). A mechanism to explain the generation of earthquake lights. Nature, 302(5903), 28–33. https://doi.org/10.1038/302028a0

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