The seismogenic zone of subduction thrust faults /

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Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, [2007]
©2007
Description:1 online resource (ix, 680 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Language:English
Series:MARGINS theoretical and experimental earth science series
MARGINS theoretical and experimental earth science series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11161306
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Other authors / contributors:Dixon, Timothy H., editor.
Moore, J. Casey, 1945- editor.
ISBN:9780231512015
0231512015
0231138660
9780231138666
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Subduction zones, one of the three types of plate boundaries, return Earth's surface to its deep interior. Because subduction zones are gently inclined at shallow depths and depress Earth's temperature gradient, they have the largest seismogenic area of any plate boundary. Consequently, subduction zones generate Earth's largest earthquakes and most destructive tsunamis. As tragically demonstrated by the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami of December 2004, these events often impact densely populated coastal areas and cause large numbers of fatalities. While scientists have a general understanding of th seismogenic zone, many critical details reamin obscure. This volume attempts to answer such fundamental concerns as why some interplate subduction earthquakes are relatively modest in rupture length (greater than 100 km) while others, such as the great (M greater than 9) 1960 Chile, 1964 Alaska, and 2004 Sumatra events, rupture along 1000 km or more. Contributors also address why certain subduction zones are fully locked, accumulating elastic strain at essentially the full plate convergence rate, while others appear to be only partially coupled or even freely slipping; whther these locking patterns persist through the seismic cycle; and what is the role of sediments and fluids on the incoming plate.
Other form:Print version: Seismogenic zone of subduction thrust faults. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007 0231138660
Publisher's no.:EB00662446 Recorded Books