Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting

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

List of contents

Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the third edition; 1. Brittle fracture of rock; 2. Rock friction; 3. Mechanics of faulting; 4. Mechanics of earthquakes; 5. The seismic cycle; 6. Seismotronics; 7. Earthquake prediction and hazard analysis; References; Index.

About the author

Christopher Scholz is an emeritus professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University where, over his fifty-year career, he has published over 300 papers on rock mechanics, fault mechanics, and the physics of earthquakes. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and has been awarded the Murcheson Medal by The Geological Society of London, and the Reid Medal by the Seismology Society of America.

Summary

Scholz's classic text provides a unified treatment of earthquakes and faulting. This major update presents a wealth of new topics, including slow earthquakes; friction of phyllosilicates; fault structures; seismogenic versus creeping faults; triggering of earthquakes; oceanic, megathrust and deep earthquakes; and earthquake precursory phenomena.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Scholz, Christopher (Columbia University Scholz, Christopher H. Scholz, Scholz Christopher H.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781316615232
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61523-2
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 246 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; Geophysics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Earthquake, Geological surface processes (geomorphology), Earth Sciences, Volcanology & seismology, Volcanology and seismology, earthquake engineering, Geomorphology and geological surface processes