Mechanics, structure and evolution of fault zones
By: edited by Yehuda Ben-Zion, Charles Sammis
Series: Pageoph topical volumes; Pageoph topical volumes
Publisher: Birkhauser; Springer [distributor]
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Basel; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1908
ISBN-13: 9783034601375
Subjects: (Geol.); Fault zones; Störung (Geologie); Grabenbruch; Computer simulation; Gestein; Faltung; Erdbeben; Deformation
Description: Considerable progress has been made recently in quantifying geometrical and physicalproperties of fault surfaces and adjacent fractured and granulated damage zones inactive faulting environments. There has also been significant progress in developingrheologies and computational frameworks that can model the dynamics of fault zoneprocesses. This volume provides state-of-the-art theoretical and observational resultson the mechanics, structure and evolution of fault zones. Subjects discussed includedamage rheologies, development of instabilities, fracture and friction, dynamic ruptureexperiments, and analyses of earthquake and fault zone data.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.