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Introduction to Active Tectonics: Emphasizing Earthquakes | |
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Active Tectonics | |
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Global Tectonic | |
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Earthquakes and Related Phenomena | |
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Magnitude and Intensity of Earthquakes | |
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Seismic Waves | |
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Material Amplification | |
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Directivity | |
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Active Fault Zones | |
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Estimation of Seismic Risk | |
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Effects of Earthquakes | |
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Earthquakes Caused by Human Activity | |
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The Earthquake Cycle | |
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Predicting Ground Motion | |
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Landforms, Tectonic Geomorphology, and Quaternary Chronology | |
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Tectonic Geomorphology | |
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Geomorphic Concepts | |
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Tectonic Geomorphology and Faulting | |
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Pleistocene and Holocene Chronology | |
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Geodesy | |
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Introduction | |
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Principles of Geodesy | |
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Geodetic Techniques | |
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Applications | |
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Geomorphic Indices of Active Tectonics | |
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Introduction | |
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Hypsometric Curve and Hypsometric Integral | |
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Drainage Basic Asymmetry | |
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Stream Length-Gradient Index (SL) | |
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Mountain-Front Sinuosity (S mf) | |
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Ratio of Valley-Floor Width to Valley Height (V f) | |
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Alluvial Fans and Tectonic Activity at Mountain Fronts | |
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Relic Mountain Fronts | |
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Classification of Relative Tectonic Activity | |
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Active Tectonics and Rivers | |
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Introduction | |
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Fluvial Responses to Tectonic Modification | |
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Models of Tectonic Adjustment | |
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Active Tectonics and Coastlines | |
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Introduction | |
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Coastal Landforms | |
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Coseismic Deformation | |
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Coastal Geomorphology and Sea Level | |
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Long-Term Uplift | |
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Deformation of Coastal Terraces | |
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Lake Shorelines | |
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Dating Coastal Landforms | |
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Coastal Tectonics and Time Scale | |
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Active Folding and Earthquakes | |
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Introduction | |
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Fold-and-Thrust Belts | |
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Flexural-Slip Faults | |
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Folding and Strike-Slip Faulting | |
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Tectonic Geomorphology of Active Folds | |
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Case Study: Wheeler Ridge Anticline | |
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Case Study: Ventura Avenue Anticline | |
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Paleoseismology and Earthquake Prediction | |
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Paleoseismology | |
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Evidence for Paleoearthquakes | |
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Fault-Zone Segmentation | |
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Case Study: Segmentation and Paleoseismicity of the Wasatch Fault Zone, Utah | |
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Models of Earthquake Recurrence | |
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Case Study: Twelve Centuries of Earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault | |
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Conditional Probabilities for Future Earthquakes | |
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Earthquake Prediction | |
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Earthquake-Hazard Reduction | |
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Adjustments to Earthquake Activity | |
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Mountain Building | |
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Introduction | |
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Models of Landscape and Mountain Development | |
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Dynamics of Orogenesis | |
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Linkages in a Feedback-Rich Orogenic Systems | |
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Landscape Evolution | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |