Living on an active earth: perspectives on earthquake science
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press ©2003
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
1 - The Challenge of Earthquake Science - 1 -- - 1.1 - Seismic Safety and Performance - 2 -- - 1.2 - Seismic Information for Emergency Response - 8 -- - 1.3 - Basic Geoscience - 11 -- - 1.4 - Education - 12 -- - 1.5 - Predictive Understanding - 14 -- - 2 - Rise of Earthquake Science - 19 -- - 2.1 - Early Speculations - 19 -- - 2.2 - Discovery of Seismic Faulting - 23 -- - 2.3 - Seismometry and the Quantification of Earthquakes - 31 -- - 2.4 - Plate Tectonics - 36 -- - 2.5 - Earthquake Mechanics - 47 -- - 2.6 - Earthquake Prediction - 54 -- - 2.7 - Earthquake Engineering - 65 -- - 3 - Facing the Earthquake Threat - 107 -- - 3.1 - Types of Seismic Hazards - 107 -- - 3.2 - Seismic Hazards in the United States - 121 -- - 3.3 - Seismic Hazards Around the World - 137 -- - 3.4 - Estimating Earthquake Risk - 147 -- - 3.5 - Reducing Earthquake Risk - 151 -- - 3.6 - Closing the Implementation Gap - 163 -- - 4 - Observing the Active Earth: Current Technologies and the Role of the Disciplines
- 176 -- - 4.1 - Seismology - 177 -- - 4.2 - Tectonic Geodesy - 201 -- - 4.3 - Earthquake Geology - 216 -- - 4.4 - Fault and Rock Mechanics - 229 -- - 5 - Earthquake Physics and Fault-System Science - 256 -- - 5.1 - Earthquake Dynamics - 257 -- - 5.2 - Fault Systems - 264 -- - 5.3 - Fault-Zone Processes - 275 -- - 5.4 - Rupture Dynamics - 282 -- - 5.5 - Wave Propagation - 302 -- - 5.6 - Seismic Hazard Analysis - 314 -- - 6 - Research Opportunities and Requirements - 350 -- - 6.1 - Fault Characterization - 351 -- - 6.2 - Global Earthquake Forecasting - 358 -- - 6.3 - Fault-System Dynamics - 361 -- - 6.4 - Fault-Zone Processes - 364 -- - 6.5 - Earthquake Source Physics - 367 -- - 6.6 - Ground-Motion Prediction - 369 -- - 6.7 - Seismic Hazard Analysis - 376 -- - 6.8 - Seismic Information Systems - 378 -- - 6.9 - Partnerships for Public Education and Outreach - 379 -- - 7.1 - Current Capabilities - 385 -- - 7.2 - Science Goals - 386 -- - 7.3 - Research Opportunities and Requirements
- 388 -- - Appendix - A Major Federal Earthquake Programs - 395
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 418 pages)
ISBN:0309065623
030950631X
9780309065627
9780309506311

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