With increasing strike-slip movement the basins deepen and lengthen.
The temperature difference between the sunny and shady shoulders decreased gradually with increasing strike angle.
However, most other aftershocks in the northern segment and middle segment show thrust mechanisms, contrasting with the gradually increasing strike-slip component of surface rupture observed in the field.
Another factor in the increased strikes may be the pickup in the fighting season in Afghanistan, as more Pakistan-based Taliban cells have been crossing the border as the weather has improved.
FOR MORE FORCE IN LIBYA Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates prodded Germany, Turkey and several other NATO allies to commit more military force to push Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi from power, even as NATO warplanes sharply increased strikes on Libyan government and military targets.
For the next decade and a half there was a period of increased strike activity, characterized by greater militancy and expanding membership in organized labour.
For the considered range of strike angles, increasing the strike with respect to the base case advances the arrival time of the first major waves (e.g. by about 250 s for an increase of 7.5°).
"Approval of increasing drone strikes in Pakistan," blared one headline.
The announced killings come as Isis militants face increasing air strikes from a variety of countries including the US, Russia and France, as well as ground attacks from Kurdish and other forces.
Just as aircraft carriers allowed naval battles to extend their strike distance to the point of aircraft versus aircraft warfare, drones are increasing the strike distance of the military.
The increase of the triggering phase angle corresponds to a higher voltage on the phase conductor, thereby increasing the strike probability on the phase conductor.
