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Conference International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" (202nd : 2018 : Varenna, Italy)

Title Mechanics of earthquake faulting = Meccanica delle faglie sismogenetiche / edited by A. Bizzarri, S. Das and A. Petri.

Publication Info. Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2019.

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Series Proceedings of the International School of Physics Enrico Fermi ; Course 202
International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi." Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" ; Course 202.
Contents Intro; Title Page; Contents; Preface; Course group shot; The mechanics of supershear earthquake ruptures; 1. Introduction; 2. Physical problem; 3. Numerical solutions; 4. Frequency content; 5. The penetration of the forbidden zone; 6. The shear-Mach and the Rayleigh-Mach cones; 7. The two transition styles: the direct transition and the mother-daughter mechanism; 8. Different ground motions; 9. Concluding remarks; Unusual large earthquakes on oceanic transform faults; 1. Introduction; 2. Pre-existing zones of weakness on the ocean floor
3. Re-activation of old transform faults: earthquakes with conjugate faulting in oceanic environments3.1. The 1989 great Macquarie Ridge earthquake reactivated a dormant conjugate fault; 3.2. The 1987-1992 and the January 23, 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake sequences; 3.3. The Mw7.8 18 June 2000 Wharton Basin earthquake: simultaneous rupture of conjugate faults in an oceanic setting; 3.4. The January 11 and 12, 2012 twin Sumatra earthquake (Mw8.6,8.2); 4. A great earthquake on a fossil fracture zone: the 2004 Tasman Sea earthquake; 4.1. Slip below the Moho during earthquakes
5. A great earthquake with the main fault plane normal to regional transform faults: the 1998 Mw8.1 Antarctic plate earthquake6. Conclusions; The evolution of fault slip rate prior to earthquake: The role of slow- and fast-slip modes; 1. Wide spectrum of slip rate from fast- to slow-slip; 1.1. Various types of slow earthquakes; 1.2. Complexity of slow earthquakes; 1.3. The early acceleration phase of slow-slip event; 2. Episodic unlocking of fault prior to large earthquake; 2.1. Foreshock sequence of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki, Japan earthquake
2.2. Foreshock sequence of the 2014 Mw 8.2 Iquique, Chile earthquake2.3. Triggering of the 2014 Mw 7.3 Papanoa, Mexico earthquake by a slow-slip event; 2.4. Foreshock sequence of the 2016 Mw 7.0 Kumamoto, Japan earthquake; 3. Discussion; 4. Conclusions; The spectrum of fault slip modes from elastodynamic rupture to slow earthquakes; 1. Introduction; 2. Mechanics of slow slip; 2.1. Friction laws for slow slip; 2.2. Laboratory observations of the full spectrum of slip modes from fast to slow; 2.3. Mechanics of laboratory slow earthquakes
3. Earthquake scaling laws for dynamic rupture and slow slip4. Conclusions; From foreshocks to mainshocks: mechanisms and implications for earthquake nucleation and rupture propagation; 1. Introduction; 2. Foreshocks and mainshocks; 2.1. 1934 and 1966 Parkfield, California, USA; 2.2. 1992 Joshua Tree, California, USA; 2.3. 1999 Izmit, Turkey; 2.4. 1999 Hector Mine, California, USA; 3. Mainshock initial rupture process; 3.1. 1989 Loma Prieta, California, USA; 3.2. 2004 Parkfield, California, USA; 4. Near source observations at SAFOD; 5. Discussion; 6. Conclusions
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Subject Faults (Geology) -- Congresses.
Faults (Geology)
Geodynamics -- Congresses.
Geodynamics.
Earthquakes -- Congresses.
Earthquakes.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Bizzarri, A. (Andrea), 1802-1877, editor.
Das, S., editor.
Petri, A. (Alberto), editor.
Added Title Meccanica delle faglie sismogenetiche
ISBN 9781614999799 (electronic book)
1614999791 (electronic book)
9781614999782