Advances in Earthquake Prediction: Research and Risk Mitigation / Edition 1

by Ragnar Stefánsson

Overview

The special natural conditions in Iceland as well as high level technology, were the basis for multidisciplinary and multinational cooperation for studying crustal processes, especially processes ahead of large earthquakes. This work leads to new innovative results and real time warnings which are described in the book. The results obtained in Iceland are of significance for earthquake prediction research worldwide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540475699
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	06/14/2011
Series:	Springer Praxis Books
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	245
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Iceland as a natural laboratory for earthquake prediction research; 3. The June 2003 earthquakes; 4. Emerging, new understanding on the release of earthquakes and the earthquake cycle; 5. Warnings ahead of earthquakes to governments and the public; 6. Application to other regions vulnerable to seismic hazards.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“This book is really a review of earthquake research in Iceland … focusing on the issue of earthquake prediction in the specific seismic region called the South Iceland Seismic Zone (SISZ), located in the South Iceland lowland (SIL). … the book presents perhaps the best study of bookshelf tectonics ever performed. It is also a uniquely detailed study of seismicity of a ridge region, namely the SISZ, based on both historical and instrumental observations.” (Pawel Wiejacz, Pure and Applied Geophysics, November, 2012)

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