The number of thrust events is close to the number of strike-slip events, but almost all of the events with thrust mechanism are distributed over the northern segment, while the aftershocks with strike-slip mechanism only occurred at the north-easternmost end, contrasting with field observations of a substantial strike-slip component of surface rupture over the northern segment.
We first develop a geometrical fault model with a substantial variation along strike, and a model for the regional stress field, which is well constrained by the observations.
With nearly 45 per cent of the country's population under the age of 18, children are among those most affected by the grinding poverty, high food prices and now a substantial natural disaster striking the country.
A substantial donor does not strike a deal: instead there is a reasonable and unspoken expectation of a peerage.
Executives close to the negotiations said organizers had offered a substantial contribution to the strike fund and a speaking opportunity for the guild president during the awards show, but the offers had been rebuffed.
With Mr. Berry being the central source, a solid article could have been prepared that would still have struck a substantial blow against child pornography.
There is, therefore, a reasonable argument that there should be a substantial level of support for strike action to overturn this default.
This September, a group of female lunch servers at a public school in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, threatened to strike, citing a substantial gap between their salaries and the salaries of men doing comparable work.
Between the three countries, there were around 55 strikes this year, a substantial drop from the roughly 92 in 2012.
By Margaret Talbot July 2, 2013 It's been less than a week since the Supreme Court struck down a substantial portion of the Defense of Marriage Act, and already there are many people whose lives are the better for it.
Many legal analysts say there is a substantial chance that the Supreme Court will strike down the 1996 law, which in defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman denies federal benefits to same-sex couples.
