HR: 11:05h
AN: S42B-04    [Abstracts]
TI: Energies associated with the Sumatra Earthquakes of December 26, 2004 and March 28, 2005
AU: Pullinets, S
EM: pulse@geofisica.unam.mx
AF: Center for Earth Observing and Space Research, George Mason University 4400 University Dr. MS 6C3, Fairfax, VA 22030, United States
AU: Pullinets, S
EM: pulse@geofisica.unam.mx
AF: Institute of Geophysics, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico
AU: * Kafatos, M
EM: mkafatos@gmu.edu
AF: Center for Earth Observing and Space Research, George Mason University 4400 University Dr. MS 6C3, Fairfax, VA 22030, United States
AU: Cervone, G
EM: gcervone@gmu.edu
AF: Center for Earth Observing and Space Research, George Mason University 4400 University Dr. MS 6C3, Fairfax, VA 22030, United States
AU: Ouzounov, D
EM: ouzounov@core2.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Center for Earth Observing and Space Research, George Mason University 4400 University Dr. MS 6C3, Fairfax, VA 22030, United States
AU: Singh, R P
EM: rsingh3@gmu.edu
AF: Center for Earth Observing and Space Research, George Mason University 4400 University Dr. MS 6C3, Fairfax, VA 22030, United States
AU: Singh, R P
EM: rsingh3@gmu.edu
AF: Indian Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineeering, Kanpur, 208016, India
AB: We consider all possible energies before and after the major Sumatra earthquakes of 26 December 2004 and 28 March 2005. We primarily examine the plate-movement in the earthquake of 26 December 2004 rather than the physics of the associated tsunami.. We evaluate mechanical and thermal energies, motivated in part by exploring the physics of associated phenomena. We compare the energies of the earthquakes, the moments, energies associated with change of the rotational period of the Earth as well as latent heat released prior to the events. We keep track of the overall thermal and mechanical associated energies as well as global effects. In such large events, associated phenomena may stand out energetically in measurements above variance that arises from other geophysical processes. We discuss here that as we have more energy budget information for this large event, it can be used to establish earthquake energy phenomenology.
DE: 0335 Ion chemistry of the atmosphere (2419, 2427)
DE: 1217 Time variable gravity (7223, 7230)
DE: 3369 Thermospheric dynamics (0358)
DE: 8040 Remote sensing
SC: Seismology [S]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting