Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM

Amount

$220,006.00

Award Date

8/09/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Shallow tectonic earthquakes are driven by instabilities that take place in crustal faults. Earthquake may be thought of as a dynamically running shear crack. Friction and wear at the crack surface determine the stability of the faulted region. The surfac