Deep Earthquakes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 29, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 588
ISBN-13: 9780521828697
Subjects: Geophysics; Vulcanology & seismology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Seismology & Volcanism; Science / Geology; Earth Sciences - Geology; Earthquake prediction; Earthquakes; Seismometry
First sentence: If you asked most seismologists for a brief summary of what they know about intermediate- and deep-focus earthquakes, they might write something like: Although nearly all of the world's earthquakes occur within the crust, there are a few with foci in the mantle having depths between 60 and 700 km.