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Seismic Motion, Lithospheric Structures, Earthquake and Volcanic Sources

Author : Yehuda Ben-Zion

Publisher : Birkhäuser

Page : 369 pages

File Size : 26,28 MB

Release : 2012-12-06

Category : Science

ISBN : 3034880103

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Geophysicists use seismic signals to image structures in the Earth's interior, to understand the mechanics of earthquake and volcanic sources, and to estimate their associated hazards. Keiiti Aki developed pioneering quantitative methods for extracting useful information from various portions of observed seismograms and applied these methods to many problems in the above fields. This volume honors Aki's contributions with review papers and results from recent applications by his former students and scientific associates pertaining to topics spawned by his work. Discussed subjects include analytical and numerical techniques for calculating dynamic rupture and radiated seismic waves, stochastic models used in engineering seismology, earthquake and volcanic source processes, seismic tomography, properties of lithospheric structures, analysis of scattered waves, and more. The volume will be useful to students and professional geophysicists alike.



Living on an Active Earth

Author : National Research Council

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 431 pages

File Size : 40,75 MB

Release : 2003-09-22

Category : Science

ISBN : 0309065623

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The destructive force of earthquakes has stimulated human inquiry since ancient times, yet the scientific study of earthquakes is a surprisingly recent endeavor. Instrumental recordings of earthquakes were not made until the second half of the 19th century, and the primary mechanism for generating seismic waves was not identified until the beginning of the 20th century. From this recent start, a range of laboratory, field, and theoretical investigations have developed into a vigorous new discipline: the science of earthquakes. As a basic science, it provides a comprehensive understanding of earthquake behavior and related phenomena in the Earth and other terrestrial planets. As an applied science, it provides a knowledge base of great practical value for a global society whose infrastructure is built on the Earth's active crust. This book describes the growth and origins of earthquake science and identifies research and data collection efforts that will strengthen the scientific and social contributions of this exciting new discipline.



Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes

Author : John P. Rafferty Associate Editor, Earth Sciences

Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Page : 314 pages

File Size : 46,88 MB

Release : 2010-08-15

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1615301062

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Book Description

Presents an introduction to volcanoes and earthquakes, explaining how the movement of the Earth's interior plates cause their formation and describing the volcanoes which currently exist around the world as well as some of the famous earthquakes of the nineteenth through twenty-first cenuturies.



Plate Tectonics: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Peter Molnar

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 161 pages

File Size : 36,63 MB

Release : 2015

Category : Science

ISBN : 0198728263

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La 4e de couv. indique : "The concept of plate tectonics is relatively new - it was only in the 1960s that the idea that continents drifted with respect to one another came to be accepted. Plate tectonics now forms one of geology's basic principles and explains much of the large-scale structure and phenomena we see on Earth today. In this Very Short Introduction Peter Molnar explores the impact that plate tectonics has had on our understanding of Earth : how the ocean floor forms, widens, and disappears ; why earthquakes and volcanoes are found in distinct zones ; and how the great mountain ranges of the world were built. As the Himalaya continues to grow, the Atlantic widens, and new ocean floor is forming, the mechanisms of plate tectonics continue to alter the surface of our planet."



Physical Geology

Author : Steven Earle

Publisher :

Page : 628 pages

File Size : 41,50 MB

Release : 2016-08-12

Category :

ISBN : 9781537068824

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This is a discount Black and white version. Some images may be unclear, please see BCCampus website for the digital version.This book was born out of a 2014 meeting of earth science educators representing most of the universities and colleges in British Columbia, and nurtured by a widely shared frustration that many students are not thriving in courses because textbooks have become too expensive for them to buy. But the real inspiration comes from a fascination for the spectacular geology of western Canada and the many decades that the author spent exploring this region along with colleagues, students, family, and friends. My goal has been to provide an accessible and comprehensive guide to the important topics of geology, richly illustrated with examples from western Canada. Although this text is intended to complement a typical first-year course in physical geology, its contents could be applied to numerous other related courses.



Volcanotectonics

Author : Agust Gudmundsson

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 601 pages

File Size : 12,9 MB

Release : 2020-04-30

Category : Nature

ISBN : 1107024951

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Book Description

Explains and illustrates volcanic structures, products and processes, with worked examples and exercises, for students and professionals.



Plate Tectonics

Author : Naomi Oreskes

Publisher : CRC Press

Page : 448 pages

File Size : 34,74 MB

Release : 2018-10-08

Category : Science

ISBN : 0429977913

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Book Description

This book provides an overview of the history of plate tectonics, including in-context definitions of the key terms. It explains how the forerunners of the theory and how scientists working at the key academic institutions competed and collaborated until the theory coalesced.



Fundamentals of Physical Geology

Author : Sreepat Jain

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 488 pages

File Size : 13,64 MB

Release : 2013-10-18

Category : Science

ISBN : 8132215397

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Book Description

Physical Geology is a vast subject and it is not possible to cover all aspects in one book. This book does not invent the wheel but merely put together sets of updated but concise material on Physical Geology with lots of illustrations. All illustrations are created by hand and give a real classroom feel to the book. Students or readers can easily reproduce them by hand. This is a book, where a diagram says it all. The book is divided into four parts. The first part “The Solar System and Cosmic Bodies” deals with elements of our Solar System and the cosmic bodies around it (like meteorites, asteroids, etc.). The second part “The Earth Materials” deals with Earth and its internal structure. The third part “The Hydrologic System” is more exhaustive and deals with the hydrological system of the Earth including Weathering and Mass Wasting, Streams, Groundwater, Karst, Glaciers, Oceans and Aeolian Processes and Landforms. The fourth and the final part “The Tectonic System” deals with different aspects of Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes.



Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics

Author : D.E. James

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 1299 pages

File Size : 44,50 MB

Release : 1989-11-30

Category : Science

ISBN : 0442243669

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Book Description

Consisting of more than 150 articles written by leading experts, this authoritative reference encompasses the entire field of solid-earth geophysics. It describes in detail the state of current knowledge, including advanced instrumentation and techniques, and focuses on important areas of exploration geophysics. It also offers clear and complete coverage of seismology, geodesy, gravimetry, magnetotellurics and related areas in the adjacent disciplines of physics, geology, oceanography and space science.



Multiscale Seismic Tomography

Author : Dapeng Zhao

Publisher : Springer

Page : 315 pages

File Size : 38,78 MB

Release : 2015-02-20

Category : Science

ISBN : 4431553606

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This book on multiscale seismic tomography, written by one of the leaders in the field, is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and professionals in Earth and planetary sciences who need to broaden their horizons about seismotectonics, volcanism, and interior structure and dynamics of the Earth and Moon. It describes the state-of-the-art in seismic tomography, with emphasis on the new findings obtained by applying tomographic methods in local, regional, and global scales for understanding the generating mechanism of large and great earthquakes such as the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake (Mw 9.0), crustal and upper mantle structure, origin of active arc volcanoes and intraplate volcanoes including hotspots, heterogeneous structure of subduction zones, fate of subducting slabs, origin of mantle plumes, mantle convection, and deep Earth dynamics. The first lunar tomography and its implications for the mechanism of deep moonquakes and lunar evolution are also introduced.