Earthquake Prediction
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-64769-7 (ISBN)
1 Introduction - History of Earthquake Prediction Work and Subject Matters for Prediction Research.- 2 Characteristics of Earthquake Sequences.- 2.1 Basic Parameters of the Nine Large Earthquakes.- 2.2 Features of Aftershock Sequences.- 3 Tectonic Environments of the Earthquakes.- 3.1 Crustal Layering and Tectonic Deformation of North China.- 3.2 Regional Tectonic Features of the North China Seismic Region.- 3.3 Hypocentral Tectonics of Four Strong Earthquakes in North China.- 3.4 Regional Tectonic Features of the Sichuan-Yunnan Seismic Region in Southwest China.- 3.5 Hypocentral Tectonics of Five Large Earthquakes in the Sichuan-Yunnan Region.- 4 Seismicity Patterns.- 4.1 Regional Seismicity Rate and Energy Release.- 4.2 Spatial Distribution of Regional Seismicity.- 4.3 Foreshocks and Swarms.- 4.4 Seismic Wave Anomalies and Spectra.- 5 Anomalous Variations of the Geophysical Field.- 5.1 Apparent Resistivity Changes in the Shallow Crust.- 5.2 Variations in Electrical Properties of Deep Crustal Media.- 5.3 Gravity Variations.- 5.4 Variations of the Geomagnetic Field.- 6 Crustal Deformation and Anomalous Variations of Stress.- 6.1 Geodetic Measurements.- 6.2 Across-fault Measurements, Tilt and Sea-level Observations.- 6.3 Inversion of Focal Parameters from Crustal Deformation Data.- 6.4 Fault Creep.- 6.5 Anomalous Earth Stress Variations.- 7 Abnormal Changes of Ground Water (Gas).- 7.1 Process of Anomalous Changes of Ground Water (Gas) Before and After Large Earthquakes.- 7.2 Process of Impending Abnormal Variations of Ground water (Gas) Prior to a Large Earthquake.- 7.3 Discussion.- 8 Unusual Atmospheric Phenomena Before Large Earthquakes.- 8.1 Variations of Atmospheric Pressure.- 8.2 Variations of Rainfall.- 8.3 Variations of Physical Meteorology.- 8.4 AbnormalBehaviour of Animals.- 9 Large-scale Regional Anomalous Phenomena.- 9.1 Large-scale Regional Connections of Seismicity.- 9.2 Large-scale Regional Microscopic and Macroscopic Anomalous Phenomena.- 10 Comprehensive Analyses of Time-Space Variations of Anomalous Phenomena Before and After Large Earthquakes.- 10.1 Comprehensive Analyses of Temporal Processes of Anomalous Phenomena.- 10.2 Common Features of the Spatial Distribution of Anomalous Phenomena.- 10.3 Mechanical Analysis of Common Features of Anomalous Variations.- 10.4 Differences in Time-Space Distributions of Anomalous Phenomena.- 11 Sources of Tectonic Earthquakes.- 11.1 Source Physics of Tectonic Earthquakes.- 11.2 "Locking" of Source Rupture Planes and Stress Distribution.- 11.3 "Unlocking" Conditions of Source Fracture Planes.- 11.4 "Unlocking" Types of Source Fracture Planes and Aftermath.- 11.5 Classifications of Seismic Sources.- 11.6 Seismic Energy.- 12 Earthquake Field.- 12.1 Concept of the Earthquake Field.- 12.2 Methods for Studying Basic Crustal Stress Fields of the North and Southwest China Regions, and Principal Research Results.- 12.3 Mechanical Models of Crust and Evolution of the Earthquake Field.- 12.4 Results of Finite Element Analyses of the Earthquake.- 13 Earthquake Episodes.- 13.1 Concept of the Earthquake Episode.- 13.2 Episodic Phenomena of Seismicity in North China.- 13.3 Generality of Seismic Episodes.- 13.4 Global Comparisons of Seismic Episodes and Preliminary Discussion on the Causes of Earthquake Episodes.- 14 Fundamental Understanding Earthquakes in Continental China and Ideas on Step-by-step Earthquake Prediction.- 14.1 Basic Knowledge on Earthquakes in Mainland China.- 14.2 Thoughts About a Program for Step-by-step Earthquake Prediction.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.10.2011 |
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Zusatzinfo | XI, 332 p. |
Verlagsort | Berlin |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 170 x 242 mm |
Gewicht | 595 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik | |
Schlagworte | China • Earthquake Prediction • Seismicity |
ISBN-10 | 3-642-64769-3 / 3642647693 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-642-64769-7 / 9783642647697 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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