Active tectonics: earthquakes, uplift, and landscape /
Keller, Edward A.,
Active tectonics: earthquakes, uplift, and landscape / Edward A. Keller, Nicholas Pinter. - 2nd ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2002. - xiii, 362 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Books in the Prentice Hall earth science series .
1. Introduction to Active Tectonics: Emphasizing Earthquakes --
Active Tectonics --
Global Tectonic --
Earthquakes and Related Phenomena --
Magnitude and Intensity of Earthquakes --
Seismic Waves --
Material Amplification --
Directivity --
Active Fault Zones --
Estimation of Seismic Risk --
Effects of Earthquakes --
Earthquakes Caused by Human Activity --
The Earthquake Cycle --
Predicting Ground Motion --
2. Landforms, Tectonic Geomorphology, and Quaternary Chronology --
Tectonic Geomorphology --
Geomorphic Concepts --
Tectonic Geomorphology and Faulting --
Pleistocene and Holocene Chronology --
3. Geodesy --
Introduction --
Principles of Geodesy --
Geodetic Techniques --
Applications --
4. Geomorphic Indices of Active Tectonics --
Introduction --
Hypsometric Curve and Hypsometric Integral --
Drainage Basic Asymmetry --
Stream Length-Gradient Index (SL) --
Mountain-Front Sinuosity (Smf) --
Ratio of Valley-Floor Width to Valley Height (Vf) --
Alluvial Fans and Tectonic Activity at Mountain Fronts --
Relic Mountain Fronts --
Classification of Relative Tectonic Activity --
5. Active Tectonics and Rivers --
Introduction --
Fluvial Responses to Tectonic Modification --
Models of Tectonic Adjustment --
6. Active Tectonics and Coastlines --
Introduction --
Coastal Landforms --
Coseismic Deformation --
Coastal Geomorphology and Sea Level --
Long-Term Uplift --
Deformation of Coastal Terraces --
Lake Shorelines --
Dating Coastal Landforms --
Coastal Tectonics and Time Scale --
7. Active Folding and Earthquakes --
Introduction --
Fold-and-Thrust Belts --
Flexural-Slip Faults --
Folding andStrike-Slip Faulting --
Tectonic Geomorphology of Active Folds --
Case Study: Wheeler Ridge Anticline --
Case Study: Ventura Avenue Anticline --
8. Paleoseismology and Earthquake Prediction --
Paleoseismology --
Evidence for Paleoearthquakes --
Fault-Zone Segmentation --
Case Study: Segmentation and Paleoseismicity of the Wasatch Fault Zone, Utah --
Models of Earthquake Recurrence --
Case Study: Twelve Centuries of Earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault --
Conditional Probabilities for Future Earthquakes --
Earthquake Prediction --
Earthquake-Hazard Reduction --
Adjustments to Earthquake Activity --
9. Mountain Building --
Introduction --
Models of Landscape and Mountain Development --
Dynamics of Orogenesis --
Linkages in a Feedback-Rich Orogenic Systems --
Landscape Evolution.
9780130882301
Plate tectonics.
Earthquakes.
Geomorphology.
551.8 / KEL/A
Active tectonics: earthquakes, uplift, and landscape / Edward A. Keller, Nicholas Pinter. - 2nd ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2002. - xiii, 362 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Books in the Prentice Hall earth science series .
1. Introduction to Active Tectonics: Emphasizing Earthquakes --
Active Tectonics --
Global Tectonic --
Earthquakes and Related Phenomena --
Magnitude and Intensity of Earthquakes --
Seismic Waves --
Material Amplification --
Directivity --
Active Fault Zones --
Estimation of Seismic Risk --
Effects of Earthquakes --
Earthquakes Caused by Human Activity --
The Earthquake Cycle --
Predicting Ground Motion --
2. Landforms, Tectonic Geomorphology, and Quaternary Chronology --
Tectonic Geomorphology --
Geomorphic Concepts --
Tectonic Geomorphology and Faulting --
Pleistocene and Holocene Chronology --
3. Geodesy --
Introduction --
Principles of Geodesy --
Geodetic Techniques --
Applications --
4. Geomorphic Indices of Active Tectonics --
Introduction --
Hypsometric Curve and Hypsometric Integral --
Drainage Basic Asymmetry --
Stream Length-Gradient Index (SL) --
Mountain-Front Sinuosity (Smf) --
Ratio of Valley-Floor Width to Valley Height (Vf) --
Alluvial Fans and Tectonic Activity at Mountain Fronts --
Relic Mountain Fronts --
Classification of Relative Tectonic Activity --
5. Active Tectonics and Rivers --
Introduction --
Fluvial Responses to Tectonic Modification --
Models of Tectonic Adjustment --
6. Active Tectonics and Coastlines --
Introduction --
Coastal Landforms --
Coseismic Deformation --
Coastal Geomorphology and Sea Level --
Long-Term Uplift --
Deformation of Coastal Terraces --
Lake Shorelines --
Dating Coastal Landforms --
Coastal Tectonics and Time Scale --
7. Active Folding and Earthquakes --
Introduction --
Fold-and-Thrust Belts --
Flexural-Slip Faults --
Folding andStrike-Slip Faulting --
Tectonic Geomorphology of Active Folds --
Case Study: Wheeler Ridge Anticline --
Case Study: Ventura Avenue Anticline --
8. Paleoseismology and Earthquake Prediction --
Paleoseismology --
Evidence for Paleoearthquakes --
Fault-Zone Segmentation --
Case Study: Segmentation and Paleoseismicity of the Wasatch Fault Zone, Utah --
Models of Earthquake Recurrence --
Case Study: Twelve Centuries of Earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault --
Conditional Probabilities for Future Earthquakes --
Earthquake Prediction --
Earthquake-Hazard Reduction --
Adjustments to Earthquake Activity --
9. Mountain Building --
Introduction --
Models of Landscape and Mountain Development --
Dynamics of Orogenesis --
Linkages in a Feedback-Rich Orogenic Systems --
Landscape Evolution.
9780130882301
Plate tectonics.
Earthquakes.
Geomorphology.
551.8 / KEL/A