Living on an active earth : perspectives on earthquake science /
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National Academies Press,
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Table of Contents:
- 1 The Challenge of Earthquake Science 1
- 1.1 Seismic Safety and Performance 2
- 1.2 Seismic Information for Emergency Response 8
- 1.3 Basic Geoscience 11
- 1.4 Education 12
- 1.5 Predictive Understanding 14
- 2 Rise of Earthquake Science 19
- 2.1 Early Speculations 19
- 2.2 Discovery of Seismic Faulting 23
- 2.3 Seismometry and the Quantification of Earthquakes 31
- 2.4 Plate Tectonics 36
- 2.5 Earthquake Mechanics 47
- 2.6 Earthquake Prediction 54
- 2.7 Earthquake Engineering 65
- 3 Facing the Earthquake Threat 107
- 3.1 Types of Seismic Hazards 107
- 3.2 Seismic Hazards in the United States 121
- 3.3 Seismic Hazards Around the World 137
- 3.4 Estimating Earthquake Risk 147
- 3.5 Reducing Earthquake Risk 151
- 3.6 Closing the Implementation Gap 163
- 4 Observing the Active Earth: Current Technologies and the Role of the Disciplines 176
- 4.1 Seismology 177
- 4.2 Tectonic Geodesy 201
- 4.3 Earthquake Geology 216
- 4.4 Fault and Rock Mechanics 229
- 5 Earthquake Physics and Fault-System Science 256
- 5.1 Earthquake Dynamics 257
- 5.2 Fault Systems 264
- 5.3 Fault-Zone Processes 275
- 5.4 Rupture Dynamics 282
- 5.5 Wave Propagation 302
- 5.6 Seismic Hazard Analysis 314
- 6 Research Opportunities and Requirements 350
- 6.1 Fault Characterization 351
- 6.2 Global Earthquake Forecasting 358
- 6.3 Fault-System Dynamics 361
- 6.4 Fault-Zone Processes 364
- 6.5 Earthquake Source Physics 367
- 6.6 Ground-Motion Prediction 369
- 6.7 Seismic Hazard Analysis 376
- 6.8 Seismic Information Systems 378
- 6.9 Partnerships for Public Education and Outreach 379
- 7.1 Current Capabilities 385
- 7.2 Science Goals 386
- 7.3 Research Opportunities and Requirements 388
- Appendix A Major Federal Earthquake Programs 395.
