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Alluvial fans and near-surface subsidence in western Fresno County, California / / by William B. Bull; prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources
| Alluvial fans and near-surface subsidence in western Fresno County, California / / by William B. Bull; prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources |
| Autore | Bull William B. <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1964 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, A71 pages) : illustrations, maps + + 4 plates |
| Collana |
Geological Survey professional paper
Studies of land subsidence |
| Soggetto topico |
Alluvial fans - California - Fresno County
Subsidences (Earth movements) - California - Fresno County Geomorphology - California - Fresno County Alluvial fans Geomorphology Subsidences (Earth movements) |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910705874603321 |
Bull William B. <1930->
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| Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1964 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geomorphology of segmented alluvial fans in western Fresno County, California / / by William B. Bull; prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources
| Geomorphology of segmented alluvial fans in western Fresno County, California / / by William B. Bull; prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources |
| Autore | Bull William B. <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1964 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (50 unnumbered pages) : illustrations, maps + + 2 plates |
| Collana | Geological Survey professional paper |
| Soggetto topico |
Alluvial fans - California - Fresno County
Geology - California - Fresno County Physical geography - California - Fresno County Sedimentation and deposition - California - Fresno County Geology Physical geography Sedimentation and deposition |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910706552903321 |
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Bull William B. <1930->
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| Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1964 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Land subsidence due to ground-water withdrawal in the Los Banos-Kettleman City area, California . Part 2 Subsidence and compaction of deposits / / by William B. Bull; prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources
| Land subsidence due to ground-water withdrawal in the Los Banos-Kettleman City area, California . Part 2 Subsidence and compaction of deposits / / by William B. Bull; prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources |
| Autore | Bull William B. <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1975 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (v, 90 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Collana |
Geological Survey professional paper
Studies of land subsidence |
| Soggetto topico |
Subsidences (Earth movements) - California - San Joaquin Valley
Groundwater - California - San Joaquin Valley Aquifers - California - San Joaquin Valley Sediment compaction Aquifers Groundwater Subsidences (Earth movements) |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Subsidence and compaction of deposits |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910706516603321 |
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Bull William B. <1930->
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| Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1975 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Land subsidence due to ground-water withdrawal in the Los Banos-Kettleman City area, California . Part 1 Changes in the hydrologic environment conducive to subsidence / / by William B. Bull and Raymond E. Miller ; prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources
| Land subsidence due to ground-water withdrawal in the Los Banos-Kettleman City area, California . Part 1 Changes in the hydrologic environment conducive to subsidence / / by William B. Bull and Raymond E. Miller ; prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources |
| Autore | Bull William B. <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1975 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iv, 71 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Collana |
Geological Survey professional paper
Studies of land subsidence |
| Soggetto topico |
Subsidences (Earth movements) - California - San Joaquin Valley
Groundwater - California - San Joaquin Valley Aquifers - California - San Joaquin Valley Hydrogeology - California - San Joaquin Valley Aquifers Groundwater Hydrogeology Subsidences (Earth movements) |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Changes in the hydrologic environment conducive to subsidence |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910706531903321 |
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Bull William B. <1930->
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| Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1975 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Land subsidence due to ground-water withdrawal in the Los Banos-Kettleman City area, California . Part 3 Interrelations of water-level change, change in aquifer-system thickness, and subsidence / / by William B. Bull and Joseph F. Poland; prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources
| Land subsidence due to ground-water withdrawal in the Los Banos-Kettleman City area, California . Part 3 Interrelations of water-level change, change in aquifer-system thickness, and subsidence / / by William B. Bull and Joseph F. Poland; prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources |
| Autore | Bull William B. <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1975 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iv, 62 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PolandJ. F <1908-1991.> (Joseph Fairfield) |
| Collana |
Geological Survey professional paper
Studies of land subsidence |
| Soggetto topico |
Subsidences (Earth movements) - California - San Joaquin Valley
Aquifers - California - San Joaquin Valley Groundwater - California - San Joaquin Valley Aquifers Groundwater Subsidences (Earth movements) |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Interrelations of water-level change, change in aquifer-system thickness, and subsidence |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910706505203321 |
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Bull William B. <1930->
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| Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1975 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Prehistoric near-surface subsidence cracks in western Fresno County, California / / by William B. Bull; prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources
| Prehistoric near-surface subsidence cracks in western Fresno County, California / / by William B. Bull; prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources |
| Autore | Bull William B. <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1972 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 85 pages) : illustrations, maps + + 2 plates |
| Collana |
Geological Survey professional paper
Studies of land subsidence |
| Soggetto topico |
Alluvial fans - California - Fresno County
Subsidences (Earth movements) - California - Fresno County Alluvial fans Subsidences (Earth movements) |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910705847103321 |
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Bull William B. <1930->
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| Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1972 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tectonic geomorphology of mountains [[electronic resource] ] : a new approach to paleoseismology / / William B. Bull
| Tectonic geomorphology of mountains [[electronic resource] ] : a new approach to paleoseismology / / William B. Bull |
| Autore | Bull William B. <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina |
551.43
551.432 |
| Soggetto topico |
Morphotectonics
Paleoseismology Mountains |
| ISBN |
1-281-30925-7
9786611309251 0-470-69231-6 0-470-69155-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains: A New Approach to Paleoseismology; Contents; Preface; 1 Scrunch and Stretch Bedrock Uplift; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Pure Uplift, Stretch and Scrunch Bedrock Uplift; 1.2.1 Isostatic and Tectonic Uplift; 1.2.2 Stretch and Scrunch Tectonics; 1.3 Landscape Responses to Regional Uplift; 2 Concepts for Studies of Rising Mountains; 2.1 Themes and Topics; 2.2 The Fundamental Control of Base Level; 2.2.1 Base Level; 2.2.2 Base-Level Change; 2.2.3 The Base Level of Erosion; 2.2.4 The Changing Level of the Sea
2.2.5 Spatial Decay of the Effects of Local Base-Level Changes2.3 Threshold of Critical Power in Streams; 2.3.1 Relative Strengths of Stream Power and Resisting Power; 2.3.2 Threshold-Intersection Points; 2.4 Equilibrium in Streams; 2.4.1 Classification of Stream Terraces; 2.4.2 Feedback Mechanisms; 2.4.3 Dynamic and Static Equilibrium; 2.5 Time Lags of Response; 2.5.1 Responses to Pulses of Uplift; 2.5.2 Perturbations that Limit Continuity of Fluvial Systems; 2.5.3 Lithologic and Climatic Controls of Relaxation Times; 2.5.4 Time Spans Needed to Erode Landforms 2.6 Tectonically-Induced Downcutting2.6.1 Straths, Stream-Gradient Indices, and Strath Terraces; 2.6.2 Modulation of Stream-Terrace Formation by Pleistocene-Holocene Climatic Changes; 2.7 Nontectonic Base-Level Fall and Strath Terrace Formation; 2.8 Hydraulic Coordinates; 3 Mountain Fronts; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Tectonically Active Escarpments; 3.2.1 Faceted Spur Ridges; 3.2.2 Mountain-Piedmont Junctions; 3.2.3 Piedmont Forelands; 3.3 Fault Segmentation of Mountain Fronts; 3.3.1 Different Ways to Study Active Faults; 3.3.2 Segmentation Concepts and Classification 3.3.3 Fault-Segment Boundaries3.3.4 Normal Fault Surface Ruptures; 3.3.5 Strike-Slip Fault Surface Ruptures; 3.4 Summary; 4 Tectonic Activity Classes of Mountain Fronts; 4.1 Tectonic Setting of the North America-Pacific Plate Boundary; 4.2 Appraisal of Regional Mountain Front Tectonic Activity; 4.2.1 Geomorphic Tools For Describing Relative Uplift Rates; 4.2.1.1 Mountain-Front Sinuosity; 4.2.1.2 Widths of Valleys.; 4.2.1.3 Triangular Facets; 4.2.2 Diagnostic Landscape Classes of Relative Tectonic Activity; 4.2.3 Regional Assessments of Relative Tectonic Activity 4.2.3.1 Response Time Complications and Strike-Slip Faulting4.2.3.2 Maps of Relative Uplift .; 4.3 Summary; 5 Fault Scarps; 5.1 General Features; 5.2 Scarp Morphology Changes with Time; 5.2.1 Changes in Scarp Height; 5.2.2 Decreases in Maximum Scarp Slope; 5.2.3 Diffusion-Equation Modeling.; 5.3 Climatic Controls of Fault-Scarp Morphology; 5.4 Lithologic Controls of Fault-Scarp Morphology; 5.4.1 Fault Rupture of Different Materials; 5.4.2 Lithologic Controls on an 1887 Fault Scarp.; 5.4.2.1 Geomorphic Processes; 5.4.2.2 Scarp Materials; 5.4.2.3 Scarp Morphology 5.5 Laser Swath Digital Elevation Models |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910145298403321 |
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Bull William B. <1930->
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| Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tectonic geomorphology of mountains [[electronic resource] ] : a new approach to paleoseismology / / William B. Bull
| Tectonic geomorphology of mountains [[electronic resource] ] : a new approach to paleoseismology / / William B. Bull |
| Autore | Bull William B. <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina |
551.43
551.432 |
| Soggetto topico |
Morphotectonics
Paleoseismology Mountains |
| ISBN |
1-281-30925-7
9786611309251 0-470-69231-6 0-470-69155-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains: A New Approach to Paleoseismology; Contents; Preface; 1 Scrunch and Stretch Bedrock Uplift; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Pure Uplift, Stretch and Scrunch Bedrock Uplift; 1.2.1 Isostatic and Tectonic Uplift; 1.2.2 Stretch and Scrunch Tectonics; 1.3 Landscape Responses to Regional Uplift; 2 Concepts for Studies of Rising Mountains; 2.1 Themes and Topics; 2.2 The Fundamental Control of Base Level; 2.2.1 Base Level; 2.2.2 Base-Level Change; 2.2.3 The Base Level of Erosion; 2.2.4 The Changing Level of the Sea
2.2.5 Spatial Decay of the Effects of Local Base-Level Changes2.3 Threshold of Critical Power in Streams; 2.3.1 Relative Strengths of Stream Power and Resisting Power; 2.3.2 Threshold-Intersection Points; 2.4 Equilibrium in Streams; 2.4.1 Classification of Stream Terraces; 2.4.2 Feedback Mechanisms; 2.4.3 Dynamic and Static Equilibrium; 2.5 Time Lags of Response; 2.5.1 Responses to Pulses of Uplift; 2.5.2 Perturbations that Limit Continuity of Fluvial Systems; 2.5.3 Lithologic and Climatic Controls of Relaxation Times; 2.5.4 Time Spans Needed to Erode Landforms 2.6 Tectonically-Induced Downcutting2.6.1 Straths, Stream-Gradient Indices, and Strath Terraces; 2.6.2 Modulation of Stream-Terrace Formation by Pleistocene-Holocene Climatic Changes; 2.7 Nontectonic Base-Level Fall and Strath Terrace Formation; 2.8 Hydraulic Coordinates; 3 Mountain Fronts; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Tectonically Active Escarpments; 3.2.1 Faceted Spur Ridges; 3.2.2 Mountain-Piedmont Junctions; 3.2.3 Piedmont Forelands; 3.3 Fault Segmentation of Mountain Fronts; 3.3.1 Different Ways to Study Active Faults; 3.3.2 Segmentation Concepts and Classification 3.3.3 Fault-Segment Boundaries3.3.4 Normal Fault Surface Ruptures; 3.3.5 Strike-Slip Fault Surface Ruptures; 3.4 Summary; 4 Tectonic Activity Classes of Mountain Fronts; 4.1 Tectonic Setting of the North America-Pacific Plate Boundary; 4.2 Appraisal of Regional Mountain Front Tectonic Activity; 4.2.1 Geomorphic Tools For Describing Relative Uplift Rates; 4.2.1.1 Mountain-Front Sinuosity; 4.2.1.2 Widths of Valleys.; 4.2.1.3 Triangular Facets; 4.2.2 Diagnostic Landscape Classes of Relative Tectonic Activity; 4.2.3 Regional Assessments of Relative Tectonic Activity 4.2.3.1 Response Time Complications and Strike-Slip Faulting4.2.3.2 Maps of Relative Uplift .; 4.3 Summary; 5 Fault Scarps; 5.1 General Features; 5.2 Scarp Morphology Changes with Time; 5.2.1 Changes in Scarp Height; 5.2.2 Decreases in Maximum Scarp Slope; 5.2.3 Diffusion-Equation Modeling.; 5.3 Climatic Controls of Fault-Scarp Morphology; 5.4 Lithologic Controls of Fault-Scarp Morphology; 5.4.1 Fault Rupture of Different Materials; 5.4.2 Lithologic Controls on an 1887 Fault Scarp.; 5.4.2.1 Geomorphic Processes; 5.4.2.2 Scarp Materials; 5.4.2.3 Scarp Morphology 5.5 Laser Swath Digital Elevation Models |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996218274103316 |
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Bull William B. <1930->
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| Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Tectonic geomorphology of mountains [[electronic resource] ] : a new approach to paleoseismology / / William B. Bull
| Tectonic geomorphology of mountains [[electronic resource] ] : a new approach to paleoseismology / / William B. Bull |
| Autore | Bull William B. <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina |
551.43
551.432 |
| Soggetto topico |
Morphotectonics
Paleoseismology Mountains |
| ISBN |
1-281-30925-7
9786611309251 0-470-69231-6 0-470-69155-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains: A New Approach to Paleoseismology; Contents; Preface; 1 Scrunch and Stretch Bedrock Uplift; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Pure Uplift, Stretch and Scrunch Bedrock Uplift; 1.2.1 Isostatic and Tectonic Uplift; 1.2.2 Stretch and Scrunch Tectonics; 1.3 Landscape Responses to Regional Uplift; 2 Concepts for Studies of Rising Mountains; 2.1 Themes and Topics; 2.2 The Fundamental Control of Base Level; 2.2.1 Base Level; 2.2.2 Base-Level Change; 2.2.3 The Base Level of Erosion; 2.2.4 The Changing Level of the Sea
2.2.5 Spatial Decay of the Effects of Local Base-Level Changes2.3 Threshold of Critical Power in Streams; 2.3.1 Relative Strengths of Stream Power and Resisting Power; 2.3.2 Threshold-Intersection Points; 2.4 Equilibrium in Streams; 2.4.1 Classification of Stream Terraces; 2.4.2 Feedback Mechanisms; 2.4.3 Dynamic and Static Equilibrium; 2.5 Time Lags of Response; 2.5.1 Responses to Pulses of Uplift; 2.5.2 Perturbations that Limit Continuity of Fluvial Systems; 2.5.3 Lithologic and Climatic Controls of Relaxation Times; 2.5.4 Time Spans Needed to Erode Landforms 2.6 Tectonically-Induced Downcutting2.6.1 Straths, Stream-Gradient Indices, and Strath Terraces; 2.6.2 Modulation of Stream-Terrace Formation by Pleistocene-Holocene Climatic Changes; 2.7 Nontectonic Base-Level Fall and Strath Terrace Formation; 2.8 Hydraulic Coordinates; 3 Mountain Fronts; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Tectonically Active Escarpments; 3.2.1 Faceted Spur Ridges; 3.2.2 Mountain-Piedmont Junctions; 3.2.3 Piedmont Forelands; 3.3 Fault Segmentation of Mountain Fronts; 3.3.1 Different Ways to Study Active Faults; 3.3.2 Segmentation Concepts and Classification 3.3.3 Fault-Segment Boundaries3.3.4 Normal Fault Surface Ruptures; 3.3.5 Strike-Slip Fault Surface Ruptures; 3.4 Summary; 4 Tectonic Activity Classes of Mountain Fronts; 4.1 Tectonic Setting of the North America-Pacific Plate Boundary; 4.2 Appraisal of Regional Mountain Front Tectonic Activity; 4.2.1 Geomorphic Tools For Describing Relative Uplift Rates; 4.2.1.1 Mountain-Front Sinuosity; 4.2.1.2 Widths of Valleys.; 4.2.1.3 Triangular Facets; 4.2.2 Diagnostic Landscape Classes of Relative Tectonic Activity; 4.2.3 Regional Assessments of Relative Tectonic Activity 4.2.3.1 Response Time Complications and Strike-Slip Faulting4.2.3.2 Maps of Relative Uplift .; 4.3 Summary; 5 Fault Scarps; 5.1 General Features; 5.2 Scarp Morphology Changes with Time; 5.2.1 Changes in Scarp Height; 5.2.2 Decreases in Maximum Scarp Slope; 5.2.3 Diffusion-Equation Modeling.; 5.3 Climatic Controls of Fault-Scarp Morphology; 5.4 Lithologic Controls of Fault-Scarp Morphology; 5.4.1 Fault Rupture of Different Materials; 5.4.2 Lithologic Controls on an 1887 Fault Scarp.; 5.4.2.1 Geomorphic Processes; 5.4.2.2 Scarp Materials; 5.4.2.3 Scarp Morphology 5.5 Laser Swath Digital Elevation Models |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830760303321 |
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Bull William B. <1930->
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| Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tectonic geomorphology of mountains : a new approach to paleoseismology / / William B. Bull
| Tectonic geomorphology of mountains : a new approach to paleoseismology / / William B. Bull |
| Autore | Bull William B. <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.43/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Morphotectonics
Paleoseismology Mountains |
| ISBN |
1-281-30925-7
9786611309251 0-470-69231-6 0-470-69155-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains: A New Approach to Paleoseismology; Contents; Preface; 1 Scrunch and Stretch Bedrock Uplift; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Pure Uplift, Stretch and Scrunch Bedrock Uplift; 1.2.1 Isostatic and Tectonic Uplift; 1.2.2 Stretch and Scrunch Tectonics; 1.3 Landscape Responses to Regional Uplift; 2 Concepts for Studies of Rising Mountains; 2.1 Themes and Topics; 2.2 The Fundamental Control of Base Level; 2.2.1 Base Level; 2.2.2 Base-Level Change; 2.2.3 The Base Level of Erosion; 2.2.4 The Changing Level of the Sea
2.2.5 Spatial Decay of the Effects of Local Base-Level Changes2.3 Threshold of Critical Power in Streams; 2.3.1 Relative Strengths of Stream Power and Resisting Power; 2.3.2 Threshold-Intersection Points; 2.4 Equilibrium in Streams; 2.4.1 Classification of Stream Terraces; 2.4.2 Feedback Mechanisms; 2.4.3 Dynamic and Static Equilibrium; 2.5 Time Lags of Response; 2.5.1 Responses to Pulses of Uplift; 2.5.2 Perturbations that Limit Continuity of Fluvial Systems; 2.5.3 Lithologic and Climatic Controls of Relaxation Times; 2.5.4 Time Spans Needed to Erode Landforms 2.6 Tectonically-Induced Downcutting2.6.1 Straths, Stream-Gradient Indices, and Strath Terraces; 2.6.2 Modulation of Stream-Terrace Formation by Pleistocene-Holocene Climatic Changes; 2.7 Nontectonic Base-Level Fall and Strath Terrace Formation; 2.8 Hydraulic Coordinates; 3 Mountain Fronts; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Tectonically Active Escarpments; 3.2.1 Faceted Spur Ridges; 3.2.2 Mountain-Piedmont Junctions; 3.2.3 Piedmont Forelands; 3.3 Fault Segmentation of Mountain Fronts; 3.3.1 Different Ways to Study Active Faults; 3.3.2 Segmentation Concepts and Classification 3.3.3 Fault-Segment Boundaries3.3.4 Normal Fault Surface Ruptures; 3.3.5 Strike-Slip Fault Surface Ruptures; 3.4 Summary; 4 Tectonic Activity Classes of Mountain Fronts; 4.1 Tectonic Setting of the North America-Pacific Plate Boundary; 4.2 Appraisal of Regional Mountain Front Tectonic Activity; 4.2.1 Geomorphic Tools For Describing Relative Uplift Rates; 4.2.1.1 Mountain-Front Sinuosity; 4.2.1.2 Widths of Valleys.; 4.2.1.3 Triangular Facets; 4.2.2 Diagnostic Landscape Classes of Relative Tectonic Activity; 4.2.3 Regional Assessments of Relative Tectonic Activity 4.2.3.1 Response Time Complications and Strike-Slip Faulting4.2.3.2 Maps of Relative Uplift .; 4.3 Summary; 5 Fault Scarps; 5.1 General Features; 5.2 Scarp Morphology Changes with Time; 5.2.1 Changes in Scarp Height; 5.2.2 Decreases in Maximum Scarp Slope; 5.2.3 Diffusion-Equation Modeling.; 5.3 Climatic Controls of Fault-Scarp Morphology; 5.4 Lithologic Controls of Fault-Scarp Morphology; 5.4.1 Fault Rupture of Different Materials; 5.4.2 Lithologic Controls on an 1887 Fault Scarp.; 5.4.2.1 Geomorphic Processes; 5.4.2.2 Scarp Materials; 5.4.2.3 Scarp Morphology 5.5 Laser Swath Digital Elevation Models |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910877688003321 |
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Bull William B. <1930->
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| Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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