The mechanics of earthquakes and faulting / Christopher H. Scholz.

The mechanics of earthquakes and faulting / Christopher H. Scholz.

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

eng

xxii, 439 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

0521334438

This essential reference for graduate students and researchers provides a unified treatment of earthquakes and faulting as two aspects of brittle tectonics at different timescales. The intimate connection between the two is manifested in their scaling laws and populations, which evolve from fracture growth and interactions between fractures. The connection between faults and the seismicity generated is governed by the rate and state dependent friction laws - producing distinctive seismic styles of faulting and a gamut of earthquake phenomena including aftershocks, afterslip, earthquake triggering, and slow slip events.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 387-433.

CTBTO 550.34 S37

CTBTO

550.34 S37