Moment tensor solutions : a useful tool for seismotectonics /: a useful tool for seismotectonics. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sebastiano D'Amico, editor.
• Editors: D'Amico, Sebastiano
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; ISOLA Code for Multiple-Point Source Modeling-Review; 1 Introduction; 2 Basics; 3 Short Outline of Theory; 4 Overview of Selected Applications; 5 Example Greece; 6 Example Brazil; 7 Frequently Asked Questions; Warnings; 8 Outlook; References; Seismic Moment Tensors in Anisotropic Media: A Review; 1 Introduction; 2 Theory; 2.1 Moment Tensor in Anisotropic Media; 2.2 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of Tensors M and D; 2.3 Tensile Faulting in Isotropic Media Versus Shear Faulting in Anisotropic Media; 2.4 Inversion for Geometry of Faulting. 2.5 Inversion for Anisotropy3 Numerical Modelling; 3.1 Non-DC Components Produced by Shear Faulting; 3.2 Spurious Rotation of a Fault Normal and Slip Direction; 4 Applications; 4.1 Acoustic Emissions in Anisotropic Rocks; 4.2 Microearthquakes Induced During the 2000 Fluid-Injection Experiment at the KTB Site, Germany; 4.3 Deep-Focus Earthquakes in the Tonga Subduction Zone; 5 Discussion and Conclusions; References; The Frequency-Domain Moment-Tensor Inversion: Retrieving the Complete Source Moment-Tensor Spectra and Time Histories; 1 Introduction; 2 Theory; 3 Methodology; 4 Examples. 4.1 An Underground Chemical Explosion4.2 An Explosion-Induced Mine Collapse; 4.3 Effects of Green's Functions on the Moment-Tensor Inversion; 5 Conclusions; References; Berkeley Seismic Moment Tensor Method, Uncertainty Analysis, and Study of Non-double-couple Seismic Events; 1 Introduction; 2 Method Overview; 3 Examples of Non-double-couple Events; 3.1 Non-double-couple Earthquake at Long Valley Caldera; 3.2 September 9, 2016 DPRK Nuclear Test; 4 Discussion and Conclusions; References; Estimating Stability and Resolution of Waveform Inversion Focal Mechanisms; 1 Introduction; 2 Data. 3 The CAP Inversion Method4 Stability Tests and Resolution Estimates; 5 Results and Discussion; 6 Concluding Remarks; References; The Method of Cataclastic Analysis of Discontinuous Displacements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Main Principles of the Method of Cataclastic Analysis of Discontinuous Displacements; 2.1 Model of the Medium and Process of Semi-brittle Deformation; 2.2 Energy Principles of the MCA; 3 The Homogeneous SKD Sample and the Tensor Increments for Seismotectonic Deformation; 3.1 The Criteria for Creating Homogeneous SKD Sample. 3.2 Cumulative Area of the Elastic Unloading for a Set of Faults3.3 The Tensor Increments for Seismotectonic Strains; 4 The Calculation of the Stress Tensor (the Principal Stress Axes and the Lode-Nadai Coefficient). The First Stage of the MCA; 4.1 Requirement of Elastic Energy Dissipation-Graphical Algorithm of Realization; 4.2 The Graphic Way of Realizing the Principle of Ordering of Semi-brittle Deformation; 4.3 The Determination of the True Orientation of the Principal Axes of the Unknown Stress Tensor.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 752 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 551.22028/7; Earth sciences; Seismometry; Tensor algebra; Calculus of tensors; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Calculus of tensors; Seismometry; Tensor algebra; Computers -- Data Processing; Science -- Geophysics; Geology & the lithosphere; Information technology: general issues; Geophysics; Geology, Structural; GeologyxMathematics; Computer science; Geological surface processes (geomorphology); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319773599; 3319773593
• Related ISBNs: 9783319773582; 3319773585
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 16, 2018).
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