Item Details
ISBN: 9780130882301
Edition: Second edition.
Description: xiii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
- 1. 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.
LCCN: 2001036837
Control Number: 2475020
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [2002]