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This volume collects some recent studies on the motions, mechanics, and earthquakes that take place within plate boundary zones. Many of the studies reflect advances made possible by the development of space geodetic techniques. Among the topics of the 21 papers are tectonic processes in the Eurasia...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Geodynamics series,
v. 30 |
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| Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118670446 |
| Summary: |
This volume collects some recent studies on the motions, mechanics, and earthquakes that take place within plate boundary zones. Many of the studies reflect advances made possible by the development of space geodetic techniques. Among the topics of the 21 papers are tectonic processes in the Eurasian-African plate boundary zone, the structure of the Dead Sea basin, the January 2001 Bhuj earthquake in India, geological investigations of the Kamchatka region in Russia, and crustal shortening and extension in the central Andes. There is no index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (vii, 425 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781118670446 (electronic bk.) 1118670442 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | QE511 |
| CLC: | P541 |
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Space geodetic measurements of plate boundary deformation in the western U.S. Cordillera / Geophysical interpretation of geodetic deformation in the central Mediterranean area / Tectonic processes in the Eurasian-African plate boundary zone revealed by space geodesy / Evidence for block rotations and basal shear in the world's fastest slipping continental shear zone in NW New Guinea / Crustal block rotations and plate coupling / Comparison of GPS, seismological, and geological observations of Andean mountain building / Displacements, strains and rotations in the central Andean plate boundary zone / Dead Sea basin, its structural setting and evaporite tectonics / Global movement rate distribution within plate boundary zones / Correlation of [beta]-value with spreading rate for strike-slip earthquakes of the mid-oceanic ridge system / Plate tectonics and earthquake potential of spreading ridges and oceanic transform faults / Comlexities of transform fault plate boundaries in the oceans / January 26, 2001 Bhuj, earthquake and the diffuse western boundary of the Indian plate / 01/26/01, Bhuj, India, earthquake / On the evolution of motion across diffuse plate boundaries / Complexities of transform fault plate boundaries in the oceans / Review of using the fc-f1 diagram to evaluate continental deformation / Dangling slab, amplified arc volcanism, mantle flow and seismic anisotropy in the Kamchatka plate corner / Crustal shortening and extension in the central Andes / Variations in inelastic failure of subducting continental lithosphere and tectonic development / Closed upper-mantle circulation of plate tectonics / Plate tectonics as a far-from-equilibrium self-organized system / |