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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 Three - Mechanics of faulting
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
Brittle tectonics may be considered on two timescales, in which earthquakes are the short-timescale phenomena and faulting is the long timescale process. Faults grow and develop by the cumulative action of earthquakes, and the faults therefore contain the history of past seismicity. In this chapter we discuss the mechanics of faults, which are treated as quasi-static shear cracks with friction. We begin with a discussion of the elementary theory of faulting, followed by a more modern treatment of the formation and growth of faults and a description of the rocks and structures formed by faulting. Here we rely more heavily on geological observations than elsewhere. We summarize with a discussion of the strength and rheology of faults, finishing with the topic of heterogeneity and its role in faulting, which continues a subtheme to be found throughout this book.
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- The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting , pp. 97 - 165Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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