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100 | 1 | _aKeller, Edward A., | |
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_aActive tectonics: earthquakes, uplift, and landscape / _cEdward A. Keller, Nicholas Pinter. |
250 | _a2nd ed. | ||
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_aUpper Saddle River, N.J. : _bPrentice Hall, _cc2002. |
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_axiii, 362 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm. |
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440 | 0 | _aBooks in the Prentice Hall earth science series | |
505 | _a1. 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. | ||
650 | 0 | _aPlate tectonics. | |
650 | 0 | _aEarthquakes. | |
650 | 0 | _aGeomorphology. | |
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