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Tectonic faults : agents of change on a dynamic Earth / edited by Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Niels Hovius.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Dahlem Workshop on the Dynamics of Fault Zones, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- Dahlem Workshop on the Dynamics of Fault Zones (2005 : Berlin, Germany)
- Dahlem Workshop on the Dynamics of Fault Zones
- Series:
- Dahlem workshop reports ; 95.
- Dahlem workshop reports ; 95
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Faults (Geology)--Congresses.
- Faults (Geology).
- Geodynamics--Congresses.
- Geodynamics.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 446 p. : ill. (some col.), maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press ; Berlin : In cooperation with the Freie Universitat Berlin, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Dahlem Konferenzen ®
- List of Participants
- 1 Tectonic Faults: Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth
- 2 Fault Zones from Top to Bottom: A Geophysical Perspective
- 3 Strain Localization within Fault Arrays over Timescales of 10 Years: Observations, Explanations, and Debates
- 4 Group Report: Nucleation and Growth of Fault Systems
- 5 Seismic Fault Rheology and Earthquake Dynamics
- 6 Continental Fault Structure and Rheology from the Frictional-to-Viscous Transition Downward
- 7 Group Report: Rheology of Fault Rocks and Their Surroundings
- 8 Topography, Denudation, and Deformation: The Role of Surface Processes in Fault Evolution
- 9 Constraining the Denudational Response to Faulting
- 10 Group Report: Surface Environmental Effects on and of Faulting
- 11 Fluid Processes in Deep Crustal Fault Zones
- 12 Deformation in the Presence of Fluids and Mineral Reactions: Effect of Fracturing and Fluid-Rock Interaction on Seismic Cycles
- 13 Effects of Melting on Faulting and Continental Deformation
- 14 Group Report: Fluids, Geochemical Cycles, and Mass Transport in Fault Zones
- Author Index
- Subject Index.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- "Report of the 95th Dahlem Workshop on the Dynamics of Fault Zones, Berlin, January 16-21, 2005"--P. facing t.p.
- Series statement from jacket.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-29377-3
- 1-282-09877-2
- 9786612098772
- 0-262-27484-1
- 1-4294-7713-X
- OCLC:
- 144569747
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