Observatory seismology : a centennial symposium for the Berkeley seismographic stations / Joe J. Litehiser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Litehiser, J. J. (Joe J.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seismology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1989]

Summary:

The first effective seismographs were built between 1879 and 1890. In 1885, E. S. Holden, an astronomer and then president of the University of California, instigated the purchase of the best available instruments of the time "to keep a register of all earthquake shocks in order to be able to control the positions of astronomical instruments." These seismographs were installed two years later at Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton and at the Berkeley campus of the University. Over the years those stations have been upgraded and joined by other seismographic stations administered at Berkeley, to become the oldest continuously operating stations in the Western Hemisphere. The first hundred years of the Seismographic Stations of the University of California at Berkeley, years in which seismology has often assumed an unforeseen role in issues of societal and political importance, ended in 1987. To celebrate the centennial a distinguished group of fellows, staff, and friends of the Stations met on the Berkeley campus in May 1987. The papers they presented are gathered in this book, a distillation of the current state of the art in observatory seismology. Ranging through subjects of past, present, and future seismological interest, they provide a benchmark reference for years to come. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Part I: Addresses

I. The Development of Global Earthquake Recording

2. One Hundred Years of Contributions of the University of California Seismographic Stations

Part II: Past and Future Development of the Seismological Observatory

3. International Seismology in the Digital Era

4. The Global Seismographic Network: Progress and Promise

5. Large-Scale Processing and Analysis of Digital Waveform Data from the USGS Central California Microearthquake Network

6. Distributed Intelligence in Regional Networks

7. Seismographic Recording at Berkeley (1887-1987)

8. Array Seismology-Past, Present, and Future Developments

Part III: Crustal Tectonics and the Distribution of Earthquake Foci

9. Seismicity Map of North America

10. Seismicity of the Australian Plate and Its Pacific Plate Margin

11. State of Stress in Seismic Gaps along the San Jacinto Fault

12. The Need for Local Arrays in Mapping the Lithosphere

13. Dense Microearthquake Network Study of Northern California Earthquakes

14. Hypocenter Mapping and the Extensibility of Seismotectonic Paradigms

Part IV: Analysis and Interpretation of Observato~y Data

15. Development of Fault-Plane Studies for the Mechanism of Earthquakes

16. Deterministic and Stochastic Approaches in Seismogram Analysis

17. Some Examples of the Statistical Analysis of Seismological Data

18. Seismic Energy, Spectrum, and the Savage and Wood Inequality for Complex Earthquakes

19. Constraints from Seismograms on the Physical Characteristics of Explosions

20. Studies Using Global Seismological Networks

21. Love and Rayleigh Waves in Irregular Structures

22. The Transient Regime of the Free Oscillation Spectrum: The View from the South Pole

Appendix-Scientific Program

Contributors

Index.

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Print version: Litehiser, Joe J. Observatory Seismology

ISBN:

9780520378216

OCLC:

1441724298