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Earthquake Science and Seismic Risk Reduction: NATO Science Series: IV:, cartea 32

Editat de F. Mulargia, R.J. Geller
en Limba Engleză Mixed media product – 30 noi 2003
What is the first thing that ordinary people, for whom journalists are the proxy, ask when they meet a seismologist? It is certainly nothing technical like "What was the stress drop of the last earthquake in the Imperial Valley?" It is a sim­ ple question, which nevertheless summarizes the real demands that society has for seismology. This question is "Can you predict earthquakes?" Regrettably, notwithstanding the feeling of omnipotence induced by modem technology, the answer at present is the very opposite of "Yes, of course". The primary motivation for the question "Can you predict earthquakes?" is practical. No other natural phenomenon has the tremendous destructive power of a large earthquake, a power which is rivaled only by a large scale war. An earth­ quake in a highly industrialized region is capable of adversely affecting the econ­ omy of the whole world for several years. But another motivation is cognitive. The aim of science is 'understanding' nature, and one of the best ways to show that we understand a phenomenon is the ability to make accurate predictions.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781402017780
ISBN-10: 1402017782
Pagini: 364
Ilustrații: XVIII, 338 p. With CD-ROM.
Dimensiuni: 160 x 240 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: SPRINGER NETHERLANDS
Colecția Springer
Seria NATO Science Series: IV:

Locul publicării:Dordrecht, Netherlands

Public țintă

Professional/practitioner

Cuprins

1 Modeling earthquakes.- 1.1 Phenomenology.- 1.3 Model building.- 1.4 Prediction.- 1.5 References.- 2 The classical view of earthquakes.- 2.1 A geologist’s view of earthquakes.- 2.2 Seismology and geodesy.- 2.3 Scaling laws for earthquakes.- 2.4 The elastic rebound model and its successors.- 2.5 Nucleation or not?.- 2.6 What is an earthquake? Fracture, slip or both?.- 2.7 Stress: the basic yet unknown quantity.- 2.8 Earthquake energy balance.- 2.9 References.- 3 The Physics of complex systems: appHcations to earthquake.- 3.1 Phase transitions, criticality, and self-similarity.- 3.2 Scale invariance: the analytical approach.- 3.3 Scale invariance: the geometrical approach.- 3.4 Characterizing scale-invariant systems.- 3.5 Modeling scale invariant systems.- 3.6 The origin of power laws and fractality.- 3.7 Problems in applying CA models to earthquakes.- 3.8 Dynamical implications.- 3.9 Statistical implications.- 3.10 Implications for predictability.- 3.11 References.- 4 Time-independenthazard.- 4.1 Seismic Hazard assessment and site effects evaluation at regional scale.- 4.2 USGS and partners: approaches to estimating earthquake probabilities.- 4.3 References.- 5 Time-dependent hazard estimates and forecasts, and their uncertainties.- 5.1 USGS and partners: research on earthquake probabilities.- 5.2 Probabilistic forecasting of seismicity.- 5.3 What is the chance of an earthquake?.- 5.4 References.- 6 Gathering new data.- 6.1 Space geodesy.- 6.2 Paleoseismic data.- 6.3 References.- 7 Seismic risk mitigation.- 7.1 Greek case study.- 7.2 Istanbul case study.- 7.3 References.- 8 Earthquake prediction and public policy.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Views of social scientists.- 8.3 U.S. earthquake prediction program.- 8.4 Japan’s earthquake prediction program.- 8.5 Pubhc reactions to predictions.- 8.6 Discussion and conclusion.- 8.7 References.- Acknowledgments.- Addresses of principal contributors.

Recenzii

From the reviews of the first edition:
"This is a comprehensive and up-to-date book mainly on earthquake prediction, in the practical sense of including policy issues as well as in the sense that ‘once we can predict something, we understand it’. … This book should be read by everybody interested in earthquake prediction and seismic hazard mitigation, expert or not, scientist or administrator. It … makes a good reference. Each chapter contains a comprehensive set of references to recent literature. A CD-ROM with color figures is included." (Christian Goltz, Surveys in Geophysics, Vol. 27, 2006)

Caracteristici

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras