Fossil Earthquakes: The Formation and Preservation of Pseudotachylytes

Aiming Lin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XII, 348 Seiten

2010 | 1. Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-09355-5 (ISBN)

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The topics covered in this book encompass the principl results of field investigations, analyses of meso-scale and micro-scale textures and structures, laboratory experiments, chemical analyses, conceptual fault models, as well as the implications of fault related pseudotachylyte an its related fault rocks for our understanding of earthquakes. We hope that this book helps to bridge the gap between seismology and geology and that it encourages further studies of earthquake and seismic faulting processes.

Terminology and Origin of Pseudotachylyte.- Pseudotachylyte-Related Fault Rocks and Conceptual Fault Models.- Tectonic Environment and Structure of Pseudotachylyte Veins.- Pseudotachylyte Matrix.- Microlites.- Fragments Within Pseudotachylyte Veins.- Chemical Composition and Melting Processes of Pseudotachylyte.- Formation of Pseudotachylyte in the Brittle and Plastic Regimes.- Crushing-Origin Pseudotachylyte and Veinlet Cataclastic Rocks.- Landslide-related Pseudotachylyte.- Experimentally Generated Pseudotachylyte.

From the reviews:

"The book by Professor Lin provides an overview of the current understanding of fault-related pseudotachylytes. The overview is based on a comprehensive examination of the literature and on the experience of the author ... . It will be helpful for students and researchers involved in the new era of pseudotachylyte research, which relies more and more on high-velocity friction experiments." (Olivier Fabbri, The Journal of Geology, Vol. 116, 2008)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2010
Reihe/Serie	Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
Zusatzinfo	XII, 348 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
Schlagworte	Earthquake • Fault • Fault rocks • fault zone • Fossil earthquake • Friction melting • Pseudotachylyte • Seismic • seismogenic • Seismogenic fault zone • Seismology
ISBN-10	3-642-09355-8 / 3642093558
ISBN-13	978-3-642-09355-5 / 9783642093555
Zustand	Neuware