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Tectonic faults : agents of change on a dynamic Earth / [edited by] Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Niels Hovius.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Dahlem Workshop reports ; 95Publication details: Cambridge : MIT Press ; c2007.Description: xiii, 446 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780262083621 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.872 23 D131
Contents:
1. Tectonic faults : agents of change on a dynamic Earth / Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Niels Hovius -- 2. Fault zones from top to bottom : a geophysical perspective / Walter D. Mooney, Gregory C. Beroza, and Rainer Kind -- 3. Strain localization within fault arrays over timescales of 10°-10⁷ years : observations, explanations, and debates / Patience A. Cowie, Gerald P. Roberts, and Estelle Mortimer -- 4. Group report : nucleation and growth of fault systems / Kevin Furlong ... [et al.] -- 5. Seismic fault rheology and earthquake dynamics / James R. Rice and Massimo Cocco -- 6. Continental fault structure and rheology from the frictional-to-viscous transition downward / Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Roland Bürgmann -- 7. Group report : rheology of fault rocks and their surroundings / Terry E. Tullis ... [et al.] -- 8. Topography, denudation, and deformation : the role of surface processes in fault evolution / Peter O. Koons and Eric Kirby -- 9. Constraining the denudational response to faulting / Niels Hovius and Freidhelm von Blanckenburg -- 10. Group report : surface environmental effects on and of faulting / W. Roger Buck ... [et al.] -- 11. Fluid processes in deep crustal fault zones / Bruce W.D. Yardley and Lukas P. Baumgartner -- 12. 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 -- 13. Effects of melting on faulting and continental deformation / Claudio L. Rosenberg, Sergei Medvedev, and Mark R. Handy -- 14. Group report : fluids, geochemical cycles, and mass transit in fault zones / Mark Person ... [et al.]-- Author Index-- Subject Index.
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.
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"Report of the 95th Dahlem Workshop on the Dynamics of Fault Zones, Berlin, January 16-21, 2005"--P. facing t.p.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Tectonic faults : agents of change on a dynamic Earth / Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Niels Hovius --
2. Fault zones from top to bottom : a geophysical perspective / Walter D. Mooney, Gregory C. Beroza, and Rainer Kind --
3. Strain localization within fault arrays over timescales of 10°-10⁷ years : observations, explanations, and debates / Patience A. Cowie, Gerald P. Roberts, and Estelle Mortimer --
4. Group report : nucleation and growth of fault systems / Kevin Furlong ... [et al.] --
5. Seismic fault rheology and earthquake dynamics / James R. Rice and Massimo Cocco --
6. Continental fault structure and rheology from the frictional-to-viscous transition downward / Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Roland Bürgmann --
7. Group report : rheology of fault rocks and their surroundings / Terry E. Tullis ... [et al.] --
8. Topography, denudation, and deformation : the role of surface processes in fault evolution / Peter O. Koons and Eric Kirby --
9. Constraining the denudational response to faulting / Niels Hovius and Freidhelm von Blanckenburg --
10. Group report : surface environmental effects on and of faulting / W. Roger Buck ... [et al.] --
11. Fluid processes in deep crustal fault zones / Bruce W.D. Yardley and Lukas P. Baumgartner --
12. 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 --
13. Effects of melting on faulting and continental deformation / Claudio L. Rosenberg, Sergei Medvedev, and Mark R. Handy --
14. Group report : fluids, geochemical cycles, and mass transit in fault zones / Mark Person ... [et al.]--

Author Index--
Subject Index.

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.

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