The Omega-Theory : a New Physics of Earthquakes /

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Author / Creator:Žalohar, Jure, author.
Imprint:Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2018.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Developments in structural geology and tectonics ; 2
Developments in structural geology and tectonics ; 2.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13358485
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ISBN:9780128145814
0128145811
9780128145807
0128145803
Notes:Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 18, 2018).
Summary:The Omega-Theory: A New Physics of Earthquakes, Second Edition offers a unifying, mathematical framework to describe and answer the most pressing and unexamined dilemmas of earthquake sequences. Those in the fields of seismology and geology are currently faced with a vast and complex mathematical structure, involving many new, natural laws and theorems. This book interprets this structure as a new physical theory and paradigm, helping users understand the tectonic and seismic processes within the Earth. As such, it is an essential resource for future researchers in the fields of structural geology, physics of the Earth, and seismology. In the last decades, generations of seismologists, geophysicists, and geologists have accumulated enough knowledge and information to allow for the reformulation and solution of this essential problem. Hence, this book provides a great resource for researchers and professionals.
Other form:Print version: 0128145803 9780128145807
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; The Omega-Theory: A New Physics of Earthquakes; Copyright; Contents; Summary of the Omega-Theory; Chapter 1: Introduction; Synchronizations of Seismic Chaos and Predictability of Earthquakes; Chaotic Synchronizations in Seismology; Seismic Oscillators; New Paradigm in Seismology and Structural Geology: The Omega-Theory; References; Further Reading; Part I: Cosserat Continuum Theory of Faulting; Chapter 2: Cosserat Continuum; Notation; Tensor Algebra; Tensor Analysis; Kinematics of the Cosserat Continuum; Deviatoric and Spherical Cosserat Strain and Torsion-Curvature.
  • The Slip Direction Along the FaultsThe Method of Virtual Power; Hyperelasticity; Deviatoric and Spherical Stress; Linear Case: Isotropic Elasticity; J2 Plasticity Model; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3: The Multiple-Slip Mechanism of Plastic Cosserat Deformation; Kinematics of Elastoplastic Cosserat Continuum; Interpretation of the Faulting-Related Cosserat Strain; References; Chapter 4: Stress Along the Faults; Mohr Representation of Stress; Fault Reactivation in the Cosserat Continuum: Amontons's Law; References; Chapter 5: Wedge Faulting: The L2 Kinematics.
  • Equation of the Wedge FaultingThe L2 Kinematics; Geometry of the Interacting Wedge Systems; Plain Strain and Tectonic Wedges; The Necessity of the Residual Faults; The State of Stress Along Tectonic Wedges; The effect of the stress asymmetry and the couple-stresses; References; Further Reading; Chapter 6: Parallel Fault and Parallel Wedge Interactions: The Gamma-Scheme; Three Possible Types of Parallel Fault Interaction; Parallel Wedge Interaction; Stress Permutations and Parallel Wedge Interactions; Stress Permutations and the Homogeneous Cosserat Strain Approximation; The Gamma-Scheme.
  • Which Nodal Plane is the Fault Plane?The Ghost Wedges and the Real Wedges; References; Chapter 7: Båth's Law and the Cosserat Extension of the Reid Rebound Model; Introduction; Simple Models of Faults; Derivation of Båth's Law; Temporal Extension of Båth's Law; References; Part II: Introduction to the Omega-Theory; Chapter 8: Omega-Sequences; Definition of the Omega-Sequences; General Structure of the Omega-Sequences; Constructing the Omega-Sequences; Constant Strain Rate Model: The CSR Sequences; Constant Velocity Model: The DSR and ISR Omega-Sequences; Two Types of the RES.
  • Time Dependence of the MagnitudesTransitional Part of the Omega-Sequences; Generalized Equations of the Omega-Sequences (GEOS); Numerical Tests; Fibonacci Omega-Sequences; Discussion and Conclusions; References; Chapter 9: Omega-Cells: ``Seismic Oscillators;́́ External Structure; Internal Structure: Omega-Configurations; Geometric Omega-Configuration; Fibonacci Omega-Configuration; Central Omega-Configuration; Exact Notation for the Omega-Cells; Description of Numerical Tests; Sorting the Earthquakes and Nodal Planes; Identifying the Omega-Sequences; Analysis of the CSV Model for Båth's Law.