Fault-Zone properties and earthquake rupture dynamics
By: edited by Eiichi Fukuyama.
Contributors: Fukuyama, Eiichi.; ScienceDirect (Online service)
Series: International Geophysics -- v. 94; International Geophysics -- v. 94.
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780123744524
Subjects: Seismology; Geophysics
Description: The dynamics of the earthquake rupture process are closely related to fault zone properties which the authors have intensively investigated by various observations in the field as well as by laboratory experiments. These include geological investigation of the active and fossil faults, physical and chemical features obtained by the laboratory experiments, as well as the seismological estimation from seismic waveforms. Earthquake dynamic rupture can now be modeled using numerical simulations on the basis of field and laboratory observations, which should be very useful for understanding earthquake rupture dynamics. Features: First overview of new and improved techniques in the study of earthquake faulting. Broad coverage. Full color Benefits: A must-have for all geophysicists who work on earthquake dynamics. Single resource for all aspects of earthquake dynamics (from lab measurements to seismological observations to numerical modelling). Bridges the disciplines of seismology, structural geology and rock mechanics. Helps readers to understand and interpret graphs and maps. Also has potential use as a supplementary resource for upper division and graduate geophysics courses.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction for the Fault-zone Properties and Earthquake Rupture Dynamics / E. Fukuyama; title: Geometry and Slip Distribution of Co-seismic Surface Ruptures Produced by the 2001 Mw 7.8 Earthquake along the Strike-slip Kunlun Fault, Northern Tibet / by A. Lin; title: Aseismic-seismic Transition and Fluid Regime along Subduction Plate Boundaries and a Fossil Example from the Northern Apennines of Italy / by P. Vannucchi, F. Remitti, J. Phipps-Morgan, and G. Bettelli; title: Fault Zone Structure and Deformation Processes along an Exhumed Low-angle Normal Fault: Implications for Seismic Behaviour / by C. Collettini, R.E. Holdsworth and S.A.F. Smith; title: Pseudotachylytes and Earthquake Source Mechanics / by G. Di Toro. G. Pennacchioni and S. Nielsen; title: The Critical Slip Distance for Seismic and Aseismic Fault Zones of Finite Width / by C. Marone, M. Cocco, E. Richardson and E. Tinti; title: Scaling of Slip Weakening Distance with Final Slip during Dynamic Earthquake Rupture / by M. Cocco, E. Tinti, C. Marone and A. Piatanesi; title: Rupture Dynamics on Bi-material fault and Non-linear Off-fault Damages / by T. Yamashita; title: Boundary Integral Equation Method for Earthquake Rupture Dynamics / by T. Tada; title: Dynamic Rupture Propagation of the 1995 Kobe, Japan, Earthquake / by E. Fukuyama.