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Titolo |
Tectonic faults : agents of change on a dynamic Earth / / edited by Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Niels Hovius |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press |
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Berlin, : In cooperation with the Freie Universitat Berlin, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-29377-3 |
1-282-09877-2 |
9786612098772 |
0-262-27484-1 |
1-4294-7713-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xiii, 446 p. : ill. (some col.), maps |
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Collana |
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Dahlem workshop reports ; ; 95 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HandyMark R |
HirthGreg |
HoviusNiels |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Faults (Geology) |
Geodynamics |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Report of the 95th Dahlem Workshop on the Dynamics of Fault Zones, Berlin, January 16-21, 2005"--P. facing t.p. |
Series statement from jacket. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Dahlem Konferenzen ® -- List of Participants -- 1 Tectonic Faults: Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth -- 2 Fault Zones from Top to Bottom: A Geophysical Perspective -- 3 Strain Localization within Fault Arrays over Timescales of 10 Years: Observations, Explanations, and Debates -- 4 Group Report: Nucleation and Growth of Fault Systems -- 5 Seismic Fault Rheology and Earthquake Dynamics -- 6 Continental Fault Structure and Rheology from the Frictional-to-Viscous Transition Downward -- 7 Group Report: Rheology of Fault Rocks and Their Surroundings -- 8 Topography, Denudation, and Deformation: The Role of Surface Processes in Fault Evolution -- 9 Constraining the Denudational Response to Faulting -- 10 Group Report: Surface Environmental Effects on and of Faulting -- 11 Fluid Processes in Deep Crustal Fault Zones -- 12 Deformation in the |
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Presence of Fluids and Mineral Reactions: Effect of Fracturing and Fluid-Rock Interaction on Seismic Cycles -- 13 Effects of Melting on Faulting and Continental Deformation -- 14 Group Report: Fluids, Geochemical Cycles, and Mass Transport in Fault Zones -- Author Index -- Subject Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Scientists examine tectonic faulting on all scales-from seismic fault slip to the formation of mountain ranges-and discuss its connection to a wide range of global phenomena, including long-term climate change and evolution. |
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