Induced Seismicity

Induced Seismicity
Author: Harsh K. Gupta
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1995-11-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783764352370

A workshop on Induced Seismicity was organized during the 27th General Assembly of the International Association of Seismology and Physics of Earth's Interior (IASPEI) in Wellington, New Zealand during January 10-21, 1994. This volume presents a collection of 16 papers accepted for publication which accrued from this workshop. The first three papers address mining activity related to induced seismicity. The fourth paper deals with water injection induced seismic activity, while the remaining 12 papers treat several aspects of water reservoir induced earthquakes. Globally, the Koyna dam creating Shivajisagar Lake in Maharashtra, India, continues to be the most significant site of reservoir-induced earthquakes. With the increase in the number of cases of induced seismicity, there is a growing concern among planners, engineers, geophysicists and geologists to understand the environment conducive to this phenomenon. While the changes in pore-fluid pressure have been identified as the key factor in inducing earthquakes, the phenomenon itself is still poorly understood. This reality thus makes the study of the induced seismicity very important and this volume timely.

Memorie

Memorie
Author: Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali
Publisher:
Total Pages: 730
Release: 1977
Genre:
ISBN:

NIST Serial Holdings

NIST Serial Holdings
Author: National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2002
Genre: Engineering
ISBN:

Earthquake Hazard Impact and Urban Planning

Earthquake Hazard Impact and Urban Planning
Author: Maria Bostenaru Dan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2014-02-11
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 940077981X

​The classical field dealing with earthquakes is called “earthquake engineering” and considered to be a branch of structural engineering. In projects dealing with strategies for earthquake risk mitigation, urban planning approaches are often neglected. Today interventions are needed on a city, rather than a building, scale. This work deals with the impact of earthquakes, including also a broader view on multihazards in urban areas. Uniquely among other works in the field, particular importance is given to urban planning issues, in conservation of heritage and emergency management. Multicriteria decision making and broad participation of those affected by disasters are included.

Dreadful Visitations

Dreadful Visitations
Author: Alessa Johns
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-12-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136683895

Throughout history, varying responses to catastrophe have revealed much about a society's cultural and philosophical character. In Dreadful Visitations , leading scholars of different disciplines examine eighteenth-century responses to natural disaster, showing how human agency played an active role in the creation of destructive circumstances, and how these disasters helped to establish national and moral identities in the Age of Reason. Contributors: David Arnold, Daniel Gordon, Carla Hesse, George Starr, Alan Taylor, Steven Tobriner and Charles Walker.

The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics and Hazards

The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics and Hazards
Author: Nicholas Pinter
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2006-01-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402042353

Tectonic motion of the Adria microplate exerts a first-order control on the tectonics, geology, seismology, resource distribution, and the geological hazards across a broad zone of south-central Europe and the north-central Mediterranean. Since its first application to geodynamical problems, GPS geodesy has gradually revealed the nature of motion and deformation for most active areas of deformation across the Earth. One of the last remaining regional-scale problems on the planet is the motion and associated deformation in the peri-Adriatic region. Selected local-scale studies have examined aspects of this motion, but to date no truly regional analysis or regional team has systematically attacked the full breadth of this problem. A NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) was held in Veszprém, Hungary from April 4-7, 2004. This workshop brought together a distinguished international group of scientists working in the peri-Adriatic region to: (1) review research activities and results, (2) share technical expertise, and (3) provide a springboard for future collaborative research on Adria geodynamics. Areas of agreement were identified, as well as remaining areas of debate. In addition, attention focused on important scientific questions and the potential for international and interdisciplinary research in the future.