Perspectives in Modern Seismology

✍ Scribed by Friedemann Wenzel (auth.), Friedemann Wenzel (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 217
• Series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 105
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The core of this book is based on the unique cooperation between earth scientists and civil engineers working in the field of strong earthquakes in the Vrancea region of Rumania and the capital city Bucharest. It goes on to review the results of deep seismic tomography from mantel pumes, deep lithospehric properties from Russian nuclear explosion data and high -resolution imaging in seismics. Finally, the third part of this book focusses on the effect of tectonics on plate motions and civilisation.

✦ Table of Contents

An Earthquake Early Warning System for the Romanian Capital....Pages 1-12
A Combined Geophysical/Engineering Approach for the Seismic Safety of Long-Span Bridges....Pages 13-30
Finite-Difference Simulations of the 1927 Jericho Earthquake....Pages 31-45
Nonlinear Seismology - The Seismology of the XXI Century....Pages 47-67
Small-Scale Mantle Plumes: Imaging and Geodynamic Aspects....Pages 69-94
Structure of the Upper Mantle Beneath Northern Eurasia Derived from Russian Deep-Seismic PNE Profiles....Pages 95-113
True Amplitudes: A Challenge in Reflection Seismology....Pages 115-126
Imaging of Orebodies with Vertical Seismic Profiling Data....Pages 127-143
The Dead Sea Fault and Its Effect on Civilization....Pages 145-167
Velocity Field of the Aegean-Anatolian Region from 3D Finite Element Models....Pages 169-185
Monitoring of Slab Detachment in the Carpathians....Pages 187-202
Modelling of Descending Slab Evolution Beneath the SE-Carpathians: Implications for Seismicity....Pages 203-223

✦ Subjects

Applied Geosciences; Geosciences, general; Geology