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- The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting
- Frontispiece
- The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Reviews
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the third edition
- Symbols
- Chapter One Brittle fracture of rock
- Chapter Two Rock friction
- Chapter Three Mechanics of faulting
- Chapter Four Mechanics of earthquakes
- Chapter Five The seismic cycle
- Chapter Six Seismotectonics
- Chapter Seven Earthquake prediction and hazard analysis
- References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Chapter Seven - Earthquake prediction and hazard analysis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 December 2018
- The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting
- Frontispiece
- The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Reviews
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the third edition
- Symbols
- Chapter One Brittle fracture of rock
- Chapter Two Rock friction
- Chapter Three Mechanics of faulting
- Chapter Four Mechanics of earthquakes
- Chapter Five The seismic cycle
- Chapter Six Seismotectonics
- Chapter Seven Earthquake prediction and hazard analysis
- References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
The most important social benefit from earthquake research is the use of that knowledge to reduce the hazard earthquakes pose to mankind. These applications may take several forms, which range from the construction of various kinds of hazard maps that permit the prediction (in a probabilistic sense) of the exposure to future ground shaking to the actual prediction of specific earthquakes. Here the current status of these developing fields is summarized.
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- The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting , pp. 337 - 380Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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