Download or read book Seismicity Crustal Structure and Tectonics Near the Northern Termination of the San Andreas Fault written by John Stafford Knapp and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The San Andreas Fault System California written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of the history, geology, geomorphology, geophysics, and seismology of the most well known plate tectonic boundary in the world.

Download or read book Seismicity Crustal Structure and Tectonics Near the Northern Termination of the San Andreas Fault written by John Stafford Knapp and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Seismicity and Crustal Structure at the Mendocino Triple Junction Northern California written by Markus Dicke and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Southern San Andreas Crustal Deformation written by J. Beavan and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Land in Motion written by and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a beautifully illustrated general-interest book on the most famous fault on Earth. The San Andreas Fault, site of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and many others, is the boundary between two of the earth's crustal plates, and it is a major architect of California's diverse landscapes.

Download or read book Seismicity of Mendocino Escarpment Gorda Ridge Region written by Elmer G. Keith and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of the study was to study in more detail the earthquakes in Northern California using enhanced recording facilities. The main interest was in the regional seismicity related to the tectonics of the region of the San Andreas fault-Gorda and Mendocino escarpments-Cascade and Klamath Mountains; the regional crustal structure related to earthquake depth and mechanism; and the seismic risk of Northern California. (Author).

Download or read book Program and Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Paleoseismic Investigations of the Northern San Andreas Fault at the Vedanta Site Marin County California written by Nelson Timothy Hall and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Living on an Active Earth written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-09-22 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The destructive force of earthquakes has stimulated human inquiry since ancient times, yet the scientific study of earthquakes is a surprisingly recent endeavor. Instrumental recordings of earthquakes were not made until the second half of the 19th century, and the primary mechanism for generating seismic waves was not identified until the beginning of the 20th century. From this recent start, a range of laboratory, field, and theoretical investigations have developed into a vigorous new discipline: the science of earthquakes. As a basic science, it provides a comprehensive understanding of earthquake behavior and related phenomena in the Earth and other terrestrial planets. As an applied science, it provides a knowledge base of great practical value for a global society whose infrastructure is built on the Earth's active crust. This book describes the growth and origins of earthquake science and identifies research and data collection efforts that will strengthen the scientific and social contributions of this exciting new discipline.

Download or read book Seismicity and Crustal Structure at the Mendocino Triple Junction Northern California written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high level of seismicity at the Mendocino triple junction in Northern California reflects the complex active tectonics associated with the junction of the Pacific, North America, and Gorda plates. To investigate seismicity patterns and crustal structure, 6193 earthquakes recorded by the Northern California Seismic Network (NCSN) are relocated using a one-dimensional crustal velocity model. A near vertical truncation of the intense seismic activity offshore Cape Mendocino follows the strike of the Mattole Canyon fault and is interpreted to define the Pacific plate boundary. Seismicity along this boundary displays a double seismogenic layer that is attributed to interplate activity with the North America plate and Gorda plate. The interpretation of the shallow seismogenic zone as the North America - Pacific plate boundary implies that the Mendocino triple junction is situated offshore at present. Seismicity patterns and focal mechanisms for events located within the subducting Gorda pl ate are consistent with internal deformation on NE-SW and NW-SE trending rupture planes in response to north-south compression. Seismic sections indicate that the top of the Gorda plate locates at a depth of about 18 Km beneath Cape Mendocino and dips gently east-and southward. Earthquakes that are located in the Wadati-Benioff zone east of 236{sup o}E show a change to an extensional stress regime indicative of a slab pull force. This slab pull force and scattered seismicity within the contractional forearc region of the Cascadia subduction zone suggest that the subducting Gorda plate and the overriding North America plate are strongly coupled. The 1992 Cape Mendocino thrust earthquake is believed to have ruptured a blind thrust fault in the forearc region, suggesting that strain is accumulating that must ultimately be released in a potential M 8+ subduction earthquake.

Download or read book Two Detailed Seismic Studies in Central California written by Mary Ann Spieth and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Magnitude 8 written by Philip L. Fradkin and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magnitude 8 is the archetypal natural disaster defined. To understand the cataclysmic earthquake that will tear California apart one day, Philip L. Fradkin has written a dramatic history of earthquakes and an eloquent guide to the San Andreas Fault, the world's best-known tectonic landscape. The author includes vivid stories of earthquakes elsewhere: in New England, the central Mississippi River Valley, New York City, Europe, and the Far East. Always, he combines human and natural drama to place the reader at the epicenter of the most instantaneous and unpredictable of all the Earth's phenomena. Following the San Andreas Fault from Cape Mecino to Mexico--canoeing the fault line in northern California and walking underground through the Hollywood fault--noted environmental historian Philip L. Fradkin reclaims the human dimensions of earthquakes from the science-dominated accounts.

Download or read book Where s the San Andreas Fault written by Philip Ward Stoffer and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Tectonic Problems of the San Andreas Fault System written by Götz H. R. Bokelmann and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Studies of the San Andreas Fault Zone in Northern California written by Roger W. Sherburne and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Isostasy and Flexure of the Lithosphere written by A. B. Watts and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique overview of isostasy featuring recent advances in spectral data analysis and understanding of variations in lithospheric strength.