Earthquake Prediction and Rock Mechanics

Earthquake Prediction and Rock Mechanics

by WYSS
Earthquake Prediction and Rock Mechanics

Earthquake Prediction and Rock Mechanics

by WYSS

Paperback(Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1975)

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ISBN-13: 9783034855365
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Publication date: 08/16/2013
Series: Contributions to Current Research in Geophysics
Edition description: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1975
Pages: 330
Product dimensions: 6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

V p /V s Anomalies in Dilatant Rock Samples.- V p /V s in Saturated Granodiorite Loaded to Failure.- Acoustic Emission During High-Temperature Frictional Sliding.- The Study of Precursors of Failure Under Biaxial Compression.- Magnetism of Rocks and Volumetric Strain in Uniaxial Failure Tests.- Stable Sliding Preceding Stick-Slip on Fault Surfaces in Granite at High Pressure.- The Sliding Characteristics of Sandstone on Quartz Fault-Gouge.- Clay Gouges in the San Andreas Fault System and their Possible Implications.- An Analysis of Local Changes in Gravity Due to Deformation.- Mean Sea Level Before and After Some Great Strike-Slip Earthquakes.- Dilatancy and Crustal Uplift.- Aseismic Faulting Following the 1973 Nemuro-Oki Earthquake, Hokkaido, Japan (a possibility).- Dilatancy Model and Empirical Formulas for an Earthquake Area.- Theory of Earthquakes.- Two Models for Earthquake Forerunners.- A Theoretical Model of the Dilatant Behavior of a Brittle Rock.- A Note on the Constitutive Law for Dilatancy.- Dilatancy-Related Electrical Resistivity Changes in Rocks.- Precursory and Coseismic Resistivity Changes.- Application of Electric Method to the Tentative Short-Term Forecast of Kamchatka Earthquakes.- The Nature of Surface Tilt Along 85 km of the San Andreas Fault — Preliminary Results from a 14-Instrument Array.- Possible Premonitory Strain Changes Associated with an Earthquake Swarm Near Mina, Nevada.- Crustal Structure and Temporal Velocity Change in Southern California.- Time Variations in Teleseismic Residuals Prior to the Magnitude 5.1 Bear Valley Earthquake of February 24, 1972.- Quarry Blast Sources and Earthquake Prediction: The Parkfield, California, Earthquake of June 28, 1966.- A Search for Precursors to the Sitka, 1972, Earthquake: Sea Level, Magnetic Field, and P-Residuals.- Deep Borehole Observation of the Earth’s Crust Activities Around Tokyo — Introduction of the Iwatsuki Observatory.- Hydraulic Fracturing Stress Measurements near the Hohenzollern-Graben-Structure, SW Germany.
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