Author : G. L. Downes
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 27,6 MB
Release : 2014
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ISBN :
This second edition of the Atlas of Isoseismal Maps of New Zealand earthquakes contains the isoseismal maps for 185 New Zealand earthquakes in the period from 1843-2003. It includes many earthquakes previously without isoseismal maps as well as revisions to isoseismal maps, magnitudes, epicentres, depths and intensities that have been made since the first edition of the Atlas was published in 1995.
Author : James Shulmeister
Publisher : Springer
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 16,77 MB
Release : 2016-12-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9462392374
This book brings together an overview of the recent geological history, active earth and biological processes and human settlement of New Zealand. Topics covered include the very active neotectonic and volcanic setting. Mountain geomorphic processes are examined and new ideas about landsliding are highlighted. The exceptional sedimentary archives of the Whanganui Basin are also presented. As one of two land masses that extend into the southern mid-latitudes, New Zealand is ideally located to investigate changes in Southern Ocean climate. Related to this, mountain glaciation in New Zealand is a focus in global climate change debates. New Zealand also has a unique biota due to its long isolation and is the last major land mass to be settled by people. Advances in DNA technologies have revolutionised our understanding of the histories and processes involved. The book provides a comprehensive review of existing work and highlights new ideas and major debates across all these fields.
Author : G. L. Downes
Publisher : Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 29,26 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
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Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 22,31 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Buildings
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Author : William Lowrie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 25,37 MB
Release : 2007-09-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139465953
This second edition of Fundamentals of Geophysics has been completely revised and updated, and is the ideal geophysics textbook for undergraduate students of geoscience with an introductory level of knowledge in physics and mathematics. It gives a comprehensive treatment of the fundamental principles of each major branch of geophysics, and presents geophysics within the wider context of plate tectonics, geodynamics and planetary science. Basic principles are explained with the aid of numerous figures and step-by-step mathematical treatments, and important geophysical results are illustrated with examples from the scientific literature. Text-boxes are used for auxiliary explanations and to handle topics of interest for more advanced students. This new edition also includes review questions at the end of each chapter to help assess the reader's understanding of the topics covered and quantitative exercises for more thorough evaluation. Solutions to the exercises and electronic copies of the figures are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521859028.
Author : Alexander E. Gates
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 34,94 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0816072701
Provides information on earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in various regions of the world, major quakes and eruptions throughout history, and geologic and scientific terms.
Author : John P. Rafferty Associate Editor, Earth Sciences
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,82 MB
Release : 2010-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1615301062
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.
Author : Mary Hardy
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 38,71 MB
Release : 2010-06-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780982766859
During this three-day colloquium, presented by the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), a group of professionals with expertise in earthen conservation, materials science, construction, building standards, and earthquake engineering gathered to discuss the current state of knowledge and the challenges of preserving our earthen cultural heritage in active seismic zones. This publication contains a selection of papers presented at the colloquium, as well as several later submissions by participants. For more information on the Getty Conservation Institute's work with earthen architecture, visit the Earthen Architecture Initiative Web site at www.getty.edu/conservation/field_projects/earthen/.
Author : Tony Fenwick
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 48,96 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Earthquake hazard analysis
ISBN : 9780473216320
Author : J.R. Kayal
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 19,1 MB
Release : 2008-08-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 1402081804
This volume is the outcome of about 30 years of research in the field of earthquake seismology in various parts of South Asia. It comprehensively deals with topics raning from plate tectonics to seismic waves in general. State-of-the-art techniques in earthquake location/relocation, fault plane solution, waveform inversion, seismic tomography, fractals etc. are discussed, and the results are interpreted in terms of seismic source processes in the region.
