Deep Earthquakes

Cliff Frohlich

574 pages, parution le 27/04/2006

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Deep earthquakes (earthquakes with origins deeper than 60 km) are of scientific importance and account for approximately one-quarter of all earthquakes. They are occasionally very large and damaging yet provide much of the data that constrain our knowledge of Earth structure and dynamics. This book opens with an explanation of what deep earthquakes are, their significance to science and how they were first discovered. Later chapters provide a description of deep earthquake distribution and clustering in both time and space; a review of observations about source properties; and a discussion of theories for the origin of deep earthquakes. The book concludes with a comprehensive literature review of terrestrial and lunar deep seismicity. Deep Earthquakes presents the first comprehensive, topical, historical, and geographical summary of deep earthquakes and related phenomena. It will be of considerable interest to researchers and graduate students in the fields of earthquake seismology and deep Earth structure.

The first full length comprehensive, topical, historical, and geographical summary of deep earthquakes and related phenomena
Contains more than 200 illustrations, the majority of which were prepared exclusively for this book, many figures combine data from numerous primary sources
Includes a comprehensive literature review of terrestrial and lunar deep seismicity

Sommaire

Preface
Background and Introductory Material
Properties of Deep and Intermediate Earthquakes
The Mechanism of Deep Earthquakes
Why Bother About Deep Earthquakes?
Geographic Summary
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Cliff Frohlich
Parution	27/04/2006
Nb. de pages	574
Format	18 x 25
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1307g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521828697
ISBN13	978-0-521-82869-7