Earthquake Processes: Physical Modelling, Numerical Simulation and Data Analysis
Subtitle: Part II (Pageoph Topical Volumes)
Contributors: Mitsuhiro Matsu'ura (Editor); Peter Mora (Editor); Andrea Donnellan (Editor); Xiang-chu Yin (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Published: November 11, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9783764369163
Subjects: Geophysics; Vulcanology & seismology; Nature; Earthquake Prediction; Science; Mathematical Models; Science/Mathematics; General; Earthquakes; Earth Sciences - Geology; Earthquakes & Volcanoes; Science / Geophysics; Nature / Field Guide Books; Applied; Computers; Computer Simulation
First sentence: Generation of large interplate earthquakes can be regarded as the process of tectonic stress accumulation and release, resulting from relative plate motion.