Active tectonics: earthquakes, uplift, and landscape / (Record no. 195405)
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| fixed length control field | 01161cam a2200289 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780130882301 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 551.8 |
| Item number | KEL/A |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Keller, Edward A., |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Active tectonics: earthquakes, uplift, and landscape / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Edward A. Keller, Nicholas Pinter. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Upper Saddle River, N.J. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Prentice Hall, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2002. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiii, 362 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 440 #0 - SERIES | |
| Title | Books in the Prentice Hall earth science series |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Introduction to Active Tectonics: Emphasizing Earthquakes --<br/>Active Tectonics --<br/>Global Tectonic --<br/>Earthquakes and Related Phenomena --<br/>Magnitude and Intensity of Earthquakes --<br/>Seismic Waves --<br/>Material Amplification --<br/>Directivity --<br/>Active Fault Zones --<br/>Estimation of Seismic Risk --<br/>Effects of Earthquakes --<br/>Earthquakes Caused by Human Activity --<br/>The Earthquake Cycle --<br/>Predicting Ground Motion --<br/>2. Landforms, Tectonic Geomorphology, and Quaternary Chronology --<br/>Tectonic Geomorphology --<br/>Geomorphic Concepts --<br/>Tectonic Geomorphology and Faulting --<br/>Pleistocene and Holocene Chronology --<br/>3. Geodesy --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Principles of Geodesy --<br/>Geodetic Techniques --<br/>Applications --<br/>4. Geomorphic Indices of Active Tectonics --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Hypsometric Curve and Hypsometric Integral --<br/>Drainage Basic Asymmetry --<br/>Stream Length-Gradient Index (SL) --<br/>Mountain-Front Sinuosity (Smf) --<br/>Ratio of Valley-Floor Width to Valley Height (Vf) --<br/>Alluvial Fans and Tectonic Activity at Mountain Fronts --<br/>Relic Mountain Fronts --<br/>Classification of Relative Tectonic Activity --<br/>5. Active Tectonics and Rivers --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Fluvial Responses to Tectonic Modification --<br/>Models of Tectonic Adjustment --<br/>6. Active Tectonics and Coastlines --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Coastal Landforms --<br/>Coseismic Deformation --<br/>Coastal Geomorphology and Sea Level --<br/>Long-Term Uplift --<br/>Deformation of Coastal Terraces --<br/>Lake Shorelines --<br/>Dating Coastal Landforms --<br/>Coastal Tectonics and Time Scale --<br/>7. Active Folding and Earthquakes --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Fold-and-Thrust Belts --<br/>Flexural-Slip Faults --<br/>Folding andStrike-Slip Faulting --<br/>Tectonic Geomorphology of Active Folds --<br/>Case Study: Wheeler Ridge Anticline --<br/>Case Study: Ventura Avenue Anticline --<br/>8. Paleoseismology and Earthquake Prediction --<br/>Paleoseismology --<br/>Evidence for Paleoearthquakes --<br/>Fault-Zone Segmentation --<br/>Case Study: Segmentation and Paleoseismicity of the Wasatch Fault Zone, Utah --<br/>Models of Earthquake Recurrence --<br/>Case Study: Twelve Centuries of Earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault --<br/>Conditional Probabilities for Future Earthquakes --<br/>Earthquake Prediction --<br/>Earthquake-Hazard Reduction --<br/>Adjustments to Earthquake Activity --<br/>9. Mountain Building --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Models of Landscape and Mountain Development --<br/>Dynamics of Orogenesis --<br/>Linkages in a Feedback-Rich Orogenic Systems --<br/>Landscape Evolution. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Plate tectonics. |
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| Keyword | Earthquakes. |
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| Keyword | Geomorphology. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | 08/05/2018 | 14 | 4567.76 | 551.8 KEL/A | 46769 | 13/03/2020 | 13/03/2020 | General Books |