Tectonic faults : agents of change on a dynamic Earth /
Scientists examine tectonic faulting on all scales-from seismic fault slip to the formation of mountain ranges-and discuss its connection to a wide range of global phenomena, including long-term climate change and evolution.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. : Berlin :
MIT Press ; In cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin,
©2007.
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Colección: | Dahlem workshop reports ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Tectonic faults : agents of change on a dynamic Earth / Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Niels Hovius
- Fault zones from top to bottom : a geophysical perspective / Walter D. Mooney, Gregory C. Beroza, and Rainer Kind
- Strain localization within fault arrays over timescales of 10°-10⁷ years : observations, explanations, and debates / Patience A. Cowie, Gerald P. Roberts, and Estelle Mortimer
- Group report : nucleation and growth of fault systems / Kevin Furlong [and others]
- Seismic fault rheology and earthquake dynamics / James R. Rice and Massimo Cocco
- Continental fault structure and rheology from the frictional-to-viscous transition downward / Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Roland Bürgmann
- Group report : rheology of fault rocks and their surroundings / Terry E. Tullis [and others]
- Topography, denudation, and deformation : the role of surface processes in fault evolution / Peter O. Koons and Eric Kirby
- Constraining the denudational response to faulting / Niels Hovius and Freidhelm von Blanckenburg
- Group report : surface environmental effects on and of faulting / W. Roger Buck [and others]
- Fluid processes in deep crustal fault zones / Bruce W.D. Yardley and Lukas P. Baumgartner
- Deformation in the presence of fluids and mineral reactions : effect of fracturing and fluid-rock interaction on seismic cycles / Jean-Pierre Gratier and Frédéric Gueydan
- Effects of melting on faulting and continental deformation / Claudio L. Rosenberg, Sergei Medvedev, and Mark R. Handy
- Group report : fluids, geochemical cycles, and mass transit in fault zones / Mark Person [and others].