Australia S Seismogenic Neotectonic Record

Author : Dan Clark,Andrew McPherson,Clive Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Earthquake hazard analysis
ISBN : 1921781920

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Australia's Seismogenic Neotectonic Record by Dan Clark,Andrew McPherson,Clive Collins Pdf

Australia's rich neotectonic record provides an opportunity to better understand the characteristics of seismogenic intraplate deformation, both at the scale of a single active fault and at the scale of the entire continent.. Herein we review this knowledge and propose six preliminary seismicity source zones (domains) based upon neotectonic data. Each source zone contains active faults that we contend share common recurrence and behavioural characteristics, in a similar way that source zones are defined using the historic record of seismicity. A seventh offshore domain is proposed based upon analogy with the eastern United States. This data, and conceptual and numerical models describing the nature of the seismicity in each source zone, has the potential to significantly enhance our understanding of seismic hazard in Australia at a time scale more representative than the snapshot provided by the historic record of seismicity. This includes providing a means by which to estimate key parameters underpinning the next generation seismic hazard maps for Australia, such as maximum magnitude earthquake and seismic source zone b values.

Author : Justin Wilkinson,Yanni Gunnell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781108530248

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Fluvial Megafans on Earth and Mars by Justin Wilkinson,Yanni Gunnell Pdf

Megafans are partial cones of river sediment that reach unexpectedly large dimensions, with the largest on Earth being 700 km long. Due to recent developments in space-based observations, global mapping efforts have shown that modern megafan features cover vast landscapes on most continents. This book provides a new inventory of nearly 300 megafans across five continents. Chapters focus on regional studies of megafans from all continents barring North America and Antarctica. The major morphological attributes of megafans and multi-megafan landscapes are discussed, and the principal controls on megafan development are examined. The book also compares megafans with alluvial fans, deltas, floodplains and the recently recognised 'major avulsive fluvial system' (MAFS). The final part of the book discusses the application of megafan research to economic geology, aquifers and planetary geology including layered deposits on Mars. This is an invaluable reference for researchers in geomorphology, sedimentology and physical geography.

Author : Pradeep Talwani
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107040380

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Intraplate Earthquakes by Pradeep Talwani Pdf

The first global overview of intraplate earthquakes, their mechanical models and investigative geophysical techniques, for academic researchers, professionals and engineers.

Author : A. Landgraf,S. Kuebler,E. Hintersberger,S. Stein
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781862397453

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Seismicity, Fault Rupture and Earthquake Hazards in Slowly Deforming Regions by A. Landgraf,S. Kuebler,E. Hintersberger,S. Stein Pdf

Palaeoseismic records and seismological data from continental interiors increasingly show that these areas of slow strain accumulation are more subject to seismic and associated natural hazards than previously thought. Moreover, some of our instincts developed for assessing hazards at plate boundaries might not apply here. Hence assessing hazards and drawing implications for the future is challenging, and how well it can be done heavily depends on the ability to assess the spatiotemporal distribution of past large earthquakes. This book explores some key issues in understanding hazards in slowly deforming areas. Examples include classic intraplate regions, such as Central and Northern Europe, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Australia, and North and South America, and regions of widely distributed strain, such as the Tien Shan Mountains in Central Asia. The papers in this volume are grouped into two sections. The first section deals with instrumental and historical earthquake data and associated hazard assessments. The second section covers methods from structural geology, palaeoseismology and tectonic geomorphology, and incorporates field evidence.

Author : Brian Kennett,Richard Chopping,Richard Blewett
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781760462475

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The Australian Continent by Brian Kennett,Richard Chopping,Richard Blewett Pdf

The Australian Continent: A Geophysical Synthesis is designed to provide a summary of the character of the Australian continent through the extensive information available at the continental scale, as a contribution to the understanding of Australia's lithospheric architecture and its evolution. The results build on the extensive databases assembled at Geoscience Australia, particularly for potential fields, supplemented by the full range of seismological information, mostly from The Australian National University. To aid in cross comparison of results from different disciplines, information is presented with a common projection and scales.

Author : Richard A. Schultz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107189997

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Geologic Fracture Mechanics by Richard A. Schultz Pdf

Introduction to geologic fracture mechanics covering geologic structural discontinuities from theoretical and field-based perspectives.

Author : David Healy
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781862393479

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Faulting, Fracturing and Igneous Intrusion in the Earth's Crust by David Healy Pdf

Geologists have long grappled with understanding the mechanical origins of rock deformation. Stress regimes control the nucleation, growth and reactivation of faults and fractures; induce seismic activity; affect the transport of magma; and modulate structural permeability, thereby influencing the redistribution of hydrothermal and hydrocarbon fluids. Experimentalists endeavour to recreate deformation structures observed in nature under controlled stress conditions. Earth scientists studying earthquakes will attempt to monitor or deduce stress changes in the Earth as it actively deforms. All are building upon the pioneering research and concepts of Ernest Masson Anderson, dating back to the start of the twentieth century. This volume celebrates Anderson's legacy, with 14 original research papers that examine faulting and seismic hazard; structural inheritance; the role of local and regional stress fields; low angle faults and the role of pore fluids; supplemented by reviews of Andersonian approaches and a reprint of his classic paper of 1905--

Author : Howard Johnson
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862392617

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The Nature and Origin of Compression in Passive Margins by Howard Johnson Pdf

Author : Susan Gourvenec,David White
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780203830079

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Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics II by Susan Gourvenec,David White Pdf

Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics II comprises the Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG), organised by the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems (COFS) and held at the University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth from 8 10 November 2010. The volume addresses current and emerging challenges

Author : J.P. Turner,D. Healy,R.R. Hillis,M. Welch
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786203205

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Geomechanics and Geology by J.P. Turner,D. Healy,R.R. Hillis,M. Welch Pdf

Geomechanics investigates the origin, magnitude and deformational consequences of stresses in the crust. In recent years awareness of geomechanical processes has been heightened by societal debates on fracking, human-induced seismicity, natural geohazards and safety issues with respect to petroleum exploration drilling, carbon sequestration and radioactive waste disposal. This volume explores the common ground linking geomechanics with inter alia economic and petroleum geology, structural geology, petrophysics, seismology, geotechnics, reservoir engineering and production technology. Geomechanics is a rapidly developing field that brings together a broad range of subsurface professionals seeking to use their expertise to solve current challenges in applied and fundamental geoscience. A rich diversity of case studies herein showcase applications of geomechanics to hydrocarbon exploration and field development, natural and artificial geohazards, reservoir stimulation, contemporary tectonics and subsurface fluid flow. These papers provide a representative snapshot of the exciting state of geomechanics and establish it firmly as a flourishing subdiscipline of geology that merits broadest exposure across the academic and corporate geosciences.

Author : P. Bishop,B. Pillans,Brad Pillans
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Geomorphology
ISBN : 1862393141

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Australian Landscapes by P. Bishop,B. Pillans,Brad Pillans Pdf

Australian Landscapes provides an up-to-date statement on the geomorphology of Australia. Karst, desert, bedrock rivers, coasts, submarine geomorphology, biogeomorphology and tectonics are all covered, aided by the latest geochronological techniques and remote sensing approaches. The antiquity and enduring geomorphological stability of the Australian continent are emphasized in several chapters, but the cutting-edge techniques used to establish that stability also reveal much complexity, including areas of considerable recent tectonic activity and a wide range of rates of landscape change. Links to the biological sphere are explored, in relation both to the lengthy human presence on the continent and to a biota that resulted from Cenozoic aridification of the continent, dated using new techniques. New syntheses of glaciation in Tasmania, aridification in South Australia and aeolian activity all focus on Quaternary landscape evolution.

Author : Seth Stein,Stéphane Mazzotti
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813724256

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Continental Intraplate Earthquakes by Seth Stein,Stéphane Mazzotti Pdf

"This volume brings together a sampling of research addressing issues of continental intraplate earthquakes, including a core of papers from special sessions held at the spring 2004 Joint Assembly of the American and Canadian Geophysical Unions in Montreal. Papers address the broad related topics of the science, hazard, and policy issues of large continental intraplate earthquakes in a worldwide context. One group of papers addresses aspects of the primary scientific issue--where are these earthquakes and what causes them? Answering this question is crucial to determining whether they will continue there or migrate elsewhere. A second group of papers addresses the challenge of assessing the hazard posed by intraplate earthquakes. Although it may be a very long time before the scientific issues are resolved, the progress being made is helping attempts to estimate the probability, size, and shaking of future earthquakes, and the uncertainty of the results. A third group of papers explores the question of how society should mitigate the possible effects of future large continental intraplate earthquakes. Communities around the world face the challenge of deciding how to address this rare, but real, hazard, given the wide range of other societal needs. Continental intraplate earthquakes will remain a challenge to seismologists, earthquake engineers, policy makers, and the public for years to come, but significant progress toward understanding and addressing this challenge is now being made."--Publisher's website.

Author : Douglas W. Burbank,Robert S. Anderson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781444345049

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Tectonic Geomorphology by Douglas W. Burbank,Robert S. Anderson Pdf

Tectonic geomorphology is the study of the interplay between tectonic and surface processes that shape the landscape in regions of active deformation and at time scales ranging from days to millions of years. Over the past decade, recent advances in the quantification of both rates and the physical basis of tectonic and surface processes have underpinned an explosion of new research in the field of tectonic geomorphology. Modern tectonic geomorphology is an exceptionally integrative field that utilizes techniques and data derived from studies of geomorphology, seismology, geochronology, structure, geodesy, stratigraphy, meteorology and Quaternary science. While integrating new insights and highlighting controversies from the ten years of research since the 1st edition, this 2nd edition of Tectonic Geomorphology reviews the fundamentals of the subject, including the nature of faulting and folding, the creation and use of geomorphic markers for tracing deformation, chronological techniques that are used to date events and quantify rates, geodetic techniques for defining recent deformation, and paleoseismologic approaches to calibrate past deformation. Overall, this book focuses on the current understanding of the dynamic interplay between surface processes and active tectonics. As it ranges from the timescales of individual earthquakes to the growth and decay of mountain belts, this book provides a timely synthesis of modern research for upper-level undergraduate and graduate earth science students and for practicing geologists. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/burbank/geomorphology.

Author : R. R. Hillis,R. D. Müller
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813723728

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Evolution and Dynamics of the Australian Plate by R. R. Hillis,R. D. Müller Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015077180977

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Géographie Physique Et Quaternaire by Anonim Pdf