Tectonic faults : agents of change on a dynamic Earth / / edited by Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Niels Hovius

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press; Berlin, : In cooperation with the Freie Universitat Berlin, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 446 p. : ill. (some col.), maps
• Disciplina: 551.8/72
• Soggetto topico: Faults (Geology); Geodynamics
• Altri autori: HandyMark R HirthGreg HoviusNiels
• Note generali: "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.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Tectonic faults
• ISBN: 0-262-29377-3; 1-282-09877-2; 9786612098772; 0-262-27484-1; 1-4294-7713-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827704903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Dahlem workshop reports ; ; 95.