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The Physics of Rock Failure and Earthquakes

By (author) Mitiyasu Ohnaka
Genres: Geophysics
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Published: 1st Mar 2018
Dimensions: w 189mm h 246mm d 15mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN-10: 1108445713
ISBN-13: 9781108445719
Barcode No: 9781108445719
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Synopsis
Despite significant advances in the understanding of earthquake generation processes and derivation of underlying physical laws, controversy remains regarding the constitutive law for earthquake ruptures and how it should be formulated. Laboratory experiments are necessary to obtain high-resolution measurements that allow the physical nature of shear rupture processes to be deduced, and to resolve the controversy. This important book provides a deeper understanding of earthquake processes from nucleation to their dynamic propagation. Its key focus is a deductive approach based on laboratory-derived physical laws and formulae, such as a unifying constitutive law, a constitutive scaling law, and a physical model of shear rupture nucleation. Topics covered include: the fundamentals of rock failure physics, earthquake generation processes, physical scale dependence, and large-earthquake generation cycles. Designed for researchers and professionals in earthquake seismology, rock failure physics, geology and earthquake engineering, it is also a valuable reference for graduate students.

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