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Active tectonics: earthquakes, uplift, and landscape / Edward A. Keller, Nicholas Pinter.

By: Keller, Edward AMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Books in the Prentice Hall earth science seriesPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2002Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 362 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780130882301Subject(s): Plate tectonics | Earthquakes | GeomorphologyDDC classification: 551.8

Contents:

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.

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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.

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