Which geological outcome results when frictional resistance overcomes stress?

💡 Explanation

Episodic tremor and slip (ETS) events occur because stick-slip behaviour is dominant, where stress builds until it exceeds frictional resistance, triggering rapid slip events, therefore ETS is observed, rather than constant creep; caldera are volcanic origins.

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