The San Andreas Fault System

The San Andreas Fault System
Author: Robert E. Powell
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1993
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813711789

The authors of the ten chapters in this volume critically examine the geologic evidence that constrains timing and magnitude of movement on various faults of the San Andreas system, and they develop and discuss paleogeologic reconstructions based on these constraints. The volume offers new insight into the evolution of the San Andreas fault system,

The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting

The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting
Author: Christopher H. Scholz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 517
Release: 2019-01-03
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 110716348X

A major update of this classic reference text on earthquakes and faulting with a wealth of new topics and observations.

Recent Crustal Movements, 1977

Recent Crustal Movements, 1977
Author: C.A. Whitten
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 681
Release: 2012-12-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 044460197X

Recent Crustal Movements, 1977 is a compilation of the proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Recent Crust Movements. This volume is comprised of 50 papers and 38 abstracts, in addition to a special report about the RCM Symposium and the report of the Fennoscandian Subcommission. This volume is subdivided into eight parts. The first part presents the opening remarks at the symposium and the special report of the Fennoscandian Subcommission of the Commission on Recent Crustal Movements. Locations included in this report are the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Part two is about crustal deformation using extra-terrestrial geodesy. Part three explores the measurement of strain, tilt and gravity. The observed vertical crustal deformation is the focus of the fourth part. The second half of this volume focuses on geologic studies of Holocene deformation; observed horizontal crustal deformation; seismology; and, finally, experimental and theoretical models of interferometric methods for the measurement of distance in the study of recent crustal movements.

Active Tectonics

Active Tectonics
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1986-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309036380

Over 250,000 people were killed in the Tangshan, China earthquake of 1976, and other less active tectonic processes can disrupt river channels or have a grave impact on repositories of radioactive wastes. Since tectonic processes can be critical to many human activities, the Geophysics Study Committee Panel on Active Tectonics has presented an evaluation of the current state of knowledge about tectonic events, which include not only earthquakes but volcanic eruptions and similar events. This book addresses three main topics: the tectonic processes and their rates, methods of identifying and evaluating active tectonics, and the effects of active tectonics on society.

The San Andreas Fault System, California

The San Andreas Fault System, California
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1990
Genre: Geology
ISBN:

An overview of the history, geology, geomorphology, geophysics, and seismology of the most well known plate tectonic boundary in the world.