Plate Boundary Zones

Herausgeber: Stein, Seth; Freymueller, Jeffrey T

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Produktbeschreibung

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geodynamics Series, Volume 30

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 425
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 274mm x 226mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1270g
• ISBN-13: 9780875905327
• ISBN-10: 0875905323
• Artikelnr.: 53302629

Autorenporträt

Seth Stein is the William Deering Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Northwestern University at Illinois. He has published 6 books in Geophysical Monograph Series and Geodynamics Series. He has over 100 research articles including the Geophysical Research Letters. His research focuses on plate tectonics, seismology, and space geodesy with special emphasis on investigating plate boundary processes and deformation within the lithosphere using a range of techniques including space-based geodesy, seismology, and marine geophysics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Seth Stein and Jeffrey T. Freymueller  vii
Introduction
Plate Boundary Zones: Concept and Approaches
Seth Stein and Giovanni F. Sella  1
Kinematics of Plate Boundary Zones
Space Geodetic Measurements of Plate Boundary Deformation in the Western
U.S. Cordillera
Richard A. Bennett, James L. Davis, James E. Normandeau, and Brian P.
Wernicke  27
Geophysical Interpretation of Geodetic Deformations in the Central
Mediterranean Area
R. Devoti, C. Ferraro, R. Lanotte, V. Luceri, A. Nardi, R. Pacione, P.
Rutigliano, C. Sciarretta,
E. Gueguen, G Bianco, and F. Vespe  57
Tectonic Processesin the Eurasian-African Plate Boundary Zone Revealed by
Space Geodesy
Gyula Grenerczy  67
Evidence for Block Rotations and Basal Shear in the World's Fastest
Slipping Continental Shear Zone
in NW New Guinea
Colleen W. StevensR, obertM cCaffrey, YehudaB ock,J oachimF . Genrich,
Manuel Pubellier, and Cecep Subarya  87
Crustal Block Rotations and Plate Coupling
Robert McCaffrey  101
Comparison of GPS, Seismologicala, nd GeologicalO bservationso f Andean
Mountain Building
Eryn R. Klosko, Seth Stein, David Hindle, Jonas Kley, Edmundo Norabuena,
Timothy Dixon, and Mian Liu  123
DisplacementsS, trains and Rotationsi n the Central Andean Plate Boundary
Zone
D. Hindle and J. Kley  135
The Dead Sea Basin, Its Structural Setting and Evaporite Tectonics
Abdallah S. A1-Zoubi  145
Earthquakes in Plate Boundary Zones
The Global Moment Rate Distribution Within Plate Boundary Zones
Cornd Kreemer, William E. Holt, and A. John Haines  173
Correlation of B-Value With Spreading Rate for Strike-Slip Earthquakes of
the
Mid-Oceanic Ridge System
Amy R. Langenhorst and Emile A. Okal
Plate Tectonics and Earthquake Potential of Sp  191reading Ridges and
Oceanic Transform Faults
Peter Bird, Yah Y. Kagan, and David D. Jackson 203
Complexities of Transform Fault Plate Boundaries in the Oceans
Jeffrey J. McGuire, Thomas H. Jordan, and Jian Lin 219
The January 26, 2001, Bhuj Earthquake and the Diffuse Western Boundary of
the Indian Plate
Seth Stein, Giovanni Sella, and Emile A. Okal 243
The 01/26/2001, Bhuj, India, Earthquake: Intraplate or Interplate?
Qingsong Li, Mian Liu, and Youqing Yang 255
Dynamics of Plate Boundary Zones
On the Evolution of Motion Across Diffuse Plate Boundaries
Stephen Zatman and Mark A. Richards 265
A Review of Using the fc f1 Diagram to Evaluate Continental Deformation
David Coblentz and Kurt Stiiwe 283
A Dangling Slab, Amplified Arc Volcanism, Mantle Flow and Seismic
Anisotropy
in the Kamchatka Plate Corner
Jeffrey Park, Vadim Levin, Mark Brandon, Jonathan Lees, Valerie Peyton,
Evgenii Gordeev, and Alexei Ozerov 295
Crustal Shortening and Extension in the Central Andes: Insights From a
Viscoelastic Model
Mian Liu, Youqing Yang, Seth Stein, and Eryn Klosko 325
Variations in Inelastic Failure of Subducting Continental Lithosphere and
Tectonic Development:
Australia-Banda Arc Convergence
Kush Tandon, Juan M. Lorenzo, Sri Widiyantoro, and Geoffrey W. O'Brien 341
The Closed Upper-Mantle Circulation of Plate Tectonics
Warren B. Hamilton 359
Plate Tectonics as a Far-From-Equilibrium Self-Organized System
Don L. Anderson  411