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Author Dahlem Workshop on the Dynamics of Fault Zones (2005 : Berlin, Germany)

Title Tectonic faults : agents of change on a dynamic Earth / edited by Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Niels Hovius
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press ; Berlin : In cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 446 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Series [Dahlem Workshop reports] ; 95
Dahlem workshop reports ; 95.
Contents Tectonic faults : agents of change on a dynamic Earth / Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Niels Hovius -- Fault zones from top to bottom : a geophysical perspective / Walter D. Mooney, Gregory C. Beroza, and Rainer Kind -- Strain localization within fault arrays over timescales of 10°-10⁷ years : observations, explanations, and debates / Patience A. Cowie, Gerald P. Roberts, and Estelle Mortimer -- Group report : nucleation and growth of fault systems / Kevin Furlong [and others] -- Seismic fault rheology and earthquake dynamics / James R. Rice and Massimo Cocco -- Continental fault structure and rheology from the frictional-to-viscous transition downward / Mark R. Handy, Greg Hirth, and Roland Bürgmann -- Group report : rheology of fault rocks and their surroundings / Terry E. Tullis [and others] -- Topography, denudation, and deformation : the role of surface processes in fault evolution / Peter O. Koons and Eric Kirby -- Constraining the denudational response to faulting / Niels Hovius and Freidhelm von Blanckenburg -- Group report : surface environmental effects on and of faulting / W. Roger Buck [and others] -- Fluid processes in deep crustal fault zones / Bruce W.D. Yardley and Lukas P. Baumgartner -- Deformation in the presence of fluids and mineral reactions : effect of fracturing and fluid-rock interaction on seismic cycles / Jean-Pierre Gratier and Frédéric Gueydan -- Effects of melting on faulting and continental deformation / Claudio L. Rosenberg, Sergei Medvedev, and Mark R. Handy -- Group report : fluids, geochemical cycles, and mass transit in fault zones / Mark Person [and others]
Summary Scientists examine tectonic faulting on all scales-from seismic fault slip to the formation of mountain ranges-and discuss its connection to a wide range of global phenomena, including long-term climate change and evolution
Analysis PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General
ENVIRONMENT/General
Notes "Report of the 95th Dahlem Workshop on the Dynamics of Fault Zones, Berlin, January 16-21, 2005"--Preliminary page
Series statement from jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Faults (Geology) -- Congresses
Geodynamics -- Congresses
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
Faults (Geology)
Geodynamics
Genre/Form Electronic books
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Handy, Mark R.
Hirth, Greg.
Hovius, Niels.
LC no. 2006033362
ISBN 9780262274845
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9781429477130
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9786612098772
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