Earthquakes: Observation Theory and Interpretation : Proceedings of the Intl Sch of Physics Enrico Fermi, Course Lxxxv, Varenna Italy - Softcover

Kanamori, H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0444870296 ISBN 13: 9780444870292

Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd, 1986

Synopsis

This volume is a collection of papers presented as lectures and seminars during the course Earthquakes: Observation, Theory and Interpretation at the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" held in Varenna, Lake Como, from 29 June to 9 July, 1982. We designed this course to cover the most recent developments in this exciting field. Among the most important developments in the recent years are 1) development of rigorous earthquake source theories, 2) application of seismology to engineering problems, 3) development of inversion techniques for the determination of earthquake mechanism and the Earth's structure, 4) a theory of synthetic seismograms, which provides a very powerful tool for the study of earthquakes and the Earth's structure, 5) introduction of space techniques to geophysics and geodesy and 6) development of long-term earthquake prediction methods and of statistical methods for seismic-risk analysis. We are very pleased that the leading scientists in all of these f

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0444870296
• ISBN 13: 9780444870292
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English