Tectonic faults : agents of change on a dynamic Earth /

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Meeting name:Dahlem Workshop on the Dynamics of Fault Zones (2005 : Berlin, Germany)
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press ; Berlin : In cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 446 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Language:English
Series:[Dahlem Workshop reports] ; 95
Dahlem workshop reports ; 95.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11152966
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Other authors / contributors:Handy, Mark R.
Hirth, Greg.
Hovius, Niels.
ISBN:9780262274845
0262274841
9781429477130
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Notes:"Report of the 95th Dahlem Workshop on the Dynamics of Fault Zones, Berlin, January 16-21, 2005"--Preliminary page
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Summary:Scientists examine tectonic faulting on all scales-from seismic fault slip to the formation of mountain ranges-and discuss its connection to a wide range of global phenomena, including long-term climate change and evolution.
Other form:Print version: Dahlem Workshop on the Dynamics of Fault Zones (2005 : Berlin, Germany). Tectonic faults. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press ; Berlin : In cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin, ©2007 9780262083621 0262083620
Table of Contents:
  • Tectonic faults : agents of change on a dynamic Earth / Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Niels Hovius
  • Fault zones from top to bottom : a geophysical perspective / Walter D. Mooney, Gregory C. Beroza, and Rainer Kind
  • Strain localization within fault arrays over timescales of 10°-10⁷ years : observations, explanations, and debates / Patience A. Cowie, Gerald P. Roberts, and Estelle Mortimer
  • Group report : nucleation and growth of fault systems / Kevin Furlong [and others]
  • Seismic fault rheology and earthquake dynamics / James R. Rice and Massimo Cocco
  • Continental fault structure and rheology from the frictional-to-viscous transition downward / Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Roland Bürgmann
  • Group report : rheology of fault rocks and their surroundings / Terry E. Tullis [and others]
  • Topography, denudation, and deformation : the role of surface processes in fault evolution / Peter O. Koons and Eric Kirby
  • Constraining the denudational response to faulting / Niels Hovius and Freidhelm von Blanckenburg
  • Group report : surface environmental effects on and of faulting / W. Roger Buck [and others]
  • Fluid processes in deep crustal fault zones / Bruce W.D. Yardley and Lukas P. Baumgartner
  • Deformation in the presence of fluids and mineral reactions : effect of fracturing and fluid-rock interaction on seismic cycles / Jean-Pierre Gratier and Frédéric Gueydan
  • Effects of melting on faulting and continental deformation / Claudio L. Rosenberg, Sergei Medvedev, and Mark R. Handy
  • Group report : fluids, geochemical cycles, and mass transit in fault zones / Mark Person [and others].