Is this a correct overview of how earthquakes and seismic waves are produced?
Aug 06, 2013
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Earthquake Questions
From what I’ve read, this is what happens: The lithosphere is composed of many tectonic plates. When these plates push up against on another due to the force of convection currents in the underlying mantle, pressure builds up until it reaches a breaking point and energy in the form of seismic waves (aka earthquakes) is produced.
Please let me know if this is correct or not! Thanks!
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Chow Man Mal on August 6, 2013 at 7:02 pm
I think that the following might help
https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mwest/WS4instructors/primer.html
The lithosphere is the brittle outer layer of the solid Earth. The plates of plate tectonics are segments of the lithosphere.
https://geology.about.com/od/platetectonics/a/About-The-Lithosphere.htm
Also, you might find the following of interest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic_wave