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Plate boundaries and natural hazards / [edited by] Joao C. Duarte and Wouter P. Schellart

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Geophysical monograph series ; 219.Publication details: Washington, D.C. : John Wiley, ©2016.Description: xi, 335 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781119053972 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.136 23 D812
Contents:
1. Introduction to plate boundaries and natural hazards / Joao C. Duarte and Wouter P. Schellart -- 2. Rifts and rifted margins : a review of geodynamic processes and natural hazards / Sascha Brune -- 3. Origin, evolution, seismicity, and models of oceanic and continental transform boundaries / Taras V. Gerya -- 4. An introduction to convergent margins and their natural hazards / Robert J. Stern, David W. Scholl, and Gerard Fryer -- 5. Great subduction zone earthquakes : advances in our understanding a decade after Sumatra, 2004 / Marc-Andre Gutscher -- 6. Promise and paradox : why improved knowledge of plate tectonics has not yielded correspondingly better earthquake hazard maps / Seth Stein, Mian Liu, Bruce D. Spencer, and Edward M. Brooks -- 7. Joint inversion of high-rate GPS and teleseismic observations for rupture process of the 23 June 2014 (M[w]7.9) Rat Islands archipelago, Alaska, intermediate depth earthquake / Lingling Ye, Thorne Lay, Hiroo Kanamori, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, and Luis Rivera -- 8. Large earthquakes and structural heterogeneity in Eastern Tibetan Plateau / Jianshe Lei and Dapeng Zhao -- 9. Seismic potential of thrust-wrench tectonic interference between major active faults offshore SW Iberia : a new explanation for the 1755 Great Lisbon earthquake? / Filipe M. Rosas, João C. Duarte, Wouter P. Schellart, Ricardo Tomás,a nd Pedro Terrinha -- 10. On the sedimentological and historical evidences of seismic-triggered tsunamis on the Algarve Coast of Portugal / César Andrade, Maria C. Freitas, Maria A. Oliveira, and Pedro J.M. Costa -- 11. Growth, demise, and recent eruption history of the Eastern Cobb-Eickelberg seamounts at the intersection with the Juan de Fuca Ridge / Robert P. Dziak and Susan G. Merle -- 12. The devastating impact of the 2010 eruption of Merapi Volcano, Indonesia / Susanna F. Jenkins, Jean-Christophe Komorowski, Peter J. Baxter, Sylvain J. Charbonnier, Noer Cholik, and Surono -- 13. The tsunami effects of a collapse of a volcanic island on a semienclosed basin : the Pico-São Jorge Channel in the Azores archipelago / Rachid Omira, Rui Quartau, Ines Ramalho, Maria Ana Baptista, and Neil C. Mitchell -- 14. Remote sensing of volcanic eruptions : from aviation hazards to global cooling / Andrew T. Prata.
Summary: "The beginning of the new millennium has been particularly devastating in terms of natural disasters associated with tectonic plate boundaries, such as earthquakes in Sumatra, Chile, Japan, Tahiti, and Nepal; the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean tsunamis; and volcanoes in Indonesia, Chile, Iceland that have produced large quantities of ash causing major disruption to aviation. In total, half a million people were killed by such natural disasters. These recurring events have increased our awareness of the destructive power of natural hazards and the major risks associated with them. While we have come a long way in the search for understanding such natural phenomena, and although our knowledge of Earth dynamics and plate tectonics has improved enormously, there are still fundamental uncertainties in our understanding of natural hazards. Increased understanding is crucial to improve our capacity for hazard prediction and mitigation" --
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction to plate boundaries and natural hazards / Joao C. Duarte and Wouter P. Schellart --
2. Rifts and rifted margins : a review of geodynamic processes and natural hazards / Sascha Brune --
3. Origin, evolution, seismicity, and models of oceanic and continental transform boundaries / Taras V. Gerya --
4. An introduction to convergent margins and their natural hazards / Robert J. Stern, David W. Scholl, and Gerard Fryer --
5. Great subduction zone earthquakes : advances in our understanding a decade after Sumatra, 2004 / Marc-Andre Gutscher --
6. Promise and paradox : why improved knowledge of plate tectonics has not yielded correspondingly better earthquake hazard maps / Seth Stein, Mian Liu, Bruce D. Spencer, and Edward M. Brooks --
7. Joint inversion of high-rate GPS and teleseismic observations for rupture process of the 23 June 2014 (M[w]7.9) Rat Islands archipelago, Alaska, intermediate depth earthquake / Lingling Ye, Thorne Lay, Hiroo Kanamori, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, and Luis Rivera --
8. Large earthquakes and structural heterogeneity in Eastern Tibetan Plateau / Jianshe Lei and Dapeng Zhao --
9. Seismic potential of thrust-wrench tectonic interference between major active faults offshore SW Iberia : a new explanation for the 1755 Great Lisbon earthquake? / Filipe M. Rosas, João C. Duarte, Wouter P. Schellart, Ricardo Tomás,a nd Pedro Terrinha --
10. On the sedimentological and historical evidences of seismic-triggered tsunamis on the Algarve Coast of Portugal / César Andrade, Maria C. Freitas, Maria A. Oliveira, and Pedro J.M. Costa --
11. Growth, demise, and recent eruption history of the Eastern Cobb-Eickelberg seamounts at the intersection with the Juan de Fuca Ridge / Robert P. Dziak and Susan G. Merle --
12. The devastating impact of the 2010 eruption of Merapi Volcano, Indonesia / Susanna F. Jenkins, Jean-Christophe Komorowski, Peter J. Baxter, Sylvain J. Charbonnier, Noer Cholik, and Surono --
13. The tsunami effects of a collapse of a volcanic island on a semienclosed basin : the Pico-São Jorge Channel in the Azores archipelago / Rachid Omira, Rui Quartau, Ines Ramalho, Maria Ana Baptista, and Neil C. Mitchell --
14. Remote sensing of volcanic eruptions : from aviation hazards to global cooling / Andrew T. Prata.

"The beginning of the new millennium has been particularly devastating in terms of natural disasters associated with tectonic plate boundaries, such as earthquakes in Sumatra, Chile, Japan, Tahiti, and Nepal; the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean tsunamis; and volcanoes in Indonesia, Chile, Iceland that have produced large quantities of ash causing major disruption to aviation. In total, half a million people were killed by such natural disasters. These recurring events have increased our awareness of the destructive power of natural hazards and the major risks associated with them. While we have come a long way in the search for understanding such natural phenomena, and although our knowledge of Earth dynamics and plate tectonics has improved enormously, there are still fundamental uncertainties in our understanding of natural hazards. Increased understanding is crucial to improve our capacity for hazard prediction and mitigation" --

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