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Stresses before an earthquake may differentially open existing cracks in the Earth over an extensive area. This gives rise to dilatancy anisotropy, which causes shear-wave splitting, and may be recognised on seismograms as polarization anomalies in the shear wavetrains.
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Crampin, S. (1982). Polarization Anomalies as Diagnostics of Dilatancy. In: Işikara, A.M., Vogel, A. (eds) Multidisciplinary Approach to Earthquake Prediction. Progress in Earthquake Prediction Research, vol 2. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-14015-3_29
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