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Advances in Geophysics

Dmowska, Renata

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Table of contents
  • Title pageiii
  • Copyright Pageiv
  • CONTENTSv
  • Contributorsvii
  • Part 1: Fault Interaction by Elastic Stress Changes: New Clues from Earthquake Sequences1
  • Chapter 1. Introduction1
  • Chapter 2. Theoretical Background3
  • 2.1 Coulomb Failure3
  • 2.2 Two-Dimensional Case: Coulomb Stress on a Plane of Specified Orientation6
  • 2.3 Two-Dimensional Case: Change of Coulomb Stress on Optimally Oriented Faults7
  • 2.4 Three-Dimensional Case: Strike-Slip and Dip-Slip Conditions9
  • 2.5 Sensitivity to the Main Shock Focal Mechanism10
  • Chapter 3. Examples of Coulomb Interactions11
  • 3.1 Coulomb Stress Changes and Aftershocks11
  • 3.2 Stress Changes Associated with the Landers Earthquake12
  • 3.3 Coulomb Stress Changes Preceding the Landers Rupture12
  • 3.4 Stress Changes Following the Landers Rupture but before the Big Bear Earthquake13
  • 3.5 Stress Changes Caused by the Landers, Big Bear, and Joshua Tree Ruptures13
  • 3.6 Interactions between Large Earthquakes: Western Turkey and the Aegean15
  • 3.7 Close Interactions between Dip-Slip Earthquakes16
  • Chapter 4. Summary of Modeling Successes18
  • Chapter 5. Summary of Problems and Open Questions20
  • 5.1 The Role of Static and Dynamic Loading22
  • 5.2 Rate and State Dependent Friction Laws23
  • 5.3 Fluid Flow26
  • 5.4 Creep in the Crust or on Faults27
  • 5.5 Tectonic Loading .28
  • 5.6 Postseismic Evolution29
  • Chapter 6. Social Concerns29
  • Chapter 7. Concluding Remarks30
  • References31
  • Part 2: Seismicity Induced by Mining: Ten Years Later39
  • Chapter 1. Introduction39
  • Chapter 2. Seismic Monitoring40
  • 2.1 Seismicity in Underground Mines41
  • 2.2 Monitoring Systems49
  • 2.3 Location of Seismic Events53
  • 2.4 Seismic Tomography59
  • 2.5 Spatial and Temporal Patterns65
  • Chapter 3. Geology, Mining, and Seismicity70
  • 3.1 Mining Operations and Seismicity71
  • 3.2 Geological Structures and Seismicity76
  • Chapter 4. Source Parameters and Scaling Relations81
  • 4.1 Source Parameters81
  • 4.2 Scaling Relations86
  • Chapter 5. Source Mechanism89
  • 5.1 Seismic Moment Tensor90
  • 5.2 Typical Source Mechanism and Complex Rock Failures96
  • 5.3 Stress Release Mechanism99
  • Chapter 6. Source Time Function102
  • Chapter 7. Fractals105
  • Chapter 8. Assessment and Prediction of Time-Dependent Seismic Hazard: Statistical Approach123
  • 8.1 Recurrence Relationships: Source Models for Stationary Seismic Hazard Analysis129
  • 8.2 Time Variations of Energy/Magnitude Distributions133
  • 8.3 Parameterization of Spatial Distributions of Seismic Events143
  • 8.4 Rock Mass Instability Concept150
  • 8.5 Other Studies153
  • 8.6 Automatic Prediction: Extrapolation of Parameterizations of Seismicity in Mines156
  • Chapter 9. Seismic Discrimination159
  • Chapter 10. Summary161
  • Acknowledgments164
  • References164
  • Index183
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780120188444
  • ISBN-13 9780080522340
  • Author Dmowska, Renata
  • Category Science
  • Subject Oceanography

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This series provides a venue for longer reviews of current advances in geophysics. Written at a level accessible to graduate students, the articles serve to broaden knowledge of various fields and may be useful in courses and seminars.