A. A. Spivak

Precessional motions of structural blocks of the Earth’s crust

Instrumental observations revealed a new type of motion previously not described in the literature, the precessional motions in the structural blocks of the Earth’s crust. The precession-nutation motions are caused largely by a complex response of a structural block and the adjacent tectonic structure, acting as a discontinuous zone between blocks, to tidal deformation. Irregular precession with a period of about one day complicated by the half a day period nutation defines a complex loading pattern characteristic of the internal structure of faults adjacent to the block.

A dipole model of generating electric pulses in relaxation processes in the Earth’s crust

A new numerical model of generating electric pulses in the Earth’s crust with use of a system of electric dipoles that are located uniformly over an active surface of the structural block relaxing after its constrained turn is developed. Electric moments of dipoles change with time according to the amplitude of differential movements. It is shown that the amplitude of electric pulses and the degree of their attenuation with distance to the source are in agreement with the data of results of instrumental observations.