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Mechanics Problems in Geodynamics Part II

Part II

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Ren Wang

    1. Department of Mechanics, Peking University, Beijing, China

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  2. Keiiti Aki

    1. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

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Part of the book series: Pageoph Topical Volumes (PTV)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • Ren Wang, Keiiti Aki
    Pages 405-406

  3. Seismic Excitation of the Polar Motion, 1977–1993

    • Benjamin Fong Chao, Richard S. Gross, Yan-Ben Han
    Pages 407-419

  4. Faulting in Zones of Lithospheric Extension: Quantitative Analysis of Natural and Experimental Data

    • S. I. Sherman
    Pages 421-446

  5. Dynamic Interactions between Crustal Shortening, Extension, and Magmatism in the North American Cordillera

    • Mian Liu
    Pages 447-467

  6. Thermal Modeling of the Southern Alps, New Zealand

    • Yaolin Shi, Rick Allis, Fred Davey
    Pages 469-501

  7. Stress Field and Seismicity in the Indian Shield: Effects of the Collision between India and Eurasia

    • T. N. Gowd, S. V. Srirama Rao, K. B. Chary
    Pages 503-531

  8. (∂µ/∂T)p of the Lower Mantle

    • Yanbin Wang, Donald J. Weidner
    Pages 533-549

  9. Thermal Convection in a Cylindrical Annulus with a non-Newtonian Outer Surface

    • Stuart A. Weinstein
    Pages 551-572

  10. Mantle Flow with Existence of Plates and Generation of the Toroidal Field

    • Zheng-Ren Ye, Xin-Wu Zhang, Chun-Kai Teng
    Pages 573-587

  11. Constraints on Melt Production Rate Beneath the Mid-ocean Ridges Based on Passive Flow Models

    • Yongshun John Chen
    Pages 589-620

  12. Dynamics of the Mid-ocean Ridge Plate Boundary: Recent Observations and Theory

    • Yongshun John Chen
    Pages 621-648

  13. The Upper Mantle Flow Beneath the North China Platform

    • Rong-Shan Fu, Jian-Hua Huang, Zhe-Xun Wei
    Pages 649-659

  14. Toward a Physical Understanding of Earthquake Scaling Relations

    • Z.-M. Yin, G. C. Rogers
    Pages 661-675

  15. Reflection of Waves from the Boundary of a Random Elastic Semi-infinite Medium

    • Rabindra Kumar Bhattacharyya
    Pages 677-688

  16. An Effective Approach to Determine the Dynamic Source Parameters

    • Xiaofei Chen, Keiiti Aki
    Pages 689-696

  17. Source Process of the 1990 Gonghe, China, Earthquake and Tectonic Stress Field in the Northeastern Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau

    • Y. T. Chen, L. S. Xu, X. Li, M. Zhao
    Pages 697-715

  18. Aseismic Fault Slip and Block Deformation in North China

    • Lanbo Liu, Alan T. Linde, I. Selwyn Sacks, Shihai He
    Pages 717-740
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About this book

Geodynamics concerns the dynamics of the earth's global motion, of the earth's interior motion and its interaction with surface features, together with the mechanical processes in the deformation and rupture of geological structures. Its final object is to determine the driving mechanism of these motions. It is highly interdisciplinary. In providing the basic geological, geophysical infromation required for a comprehensive mechanical analysis, there are also many mechanical problems involved, which means the problem is coupled intricately with geophysics, rock mechanics, seismology, structural geology, etc. This is Part II of the Proceedings of an IUTAM/IASPEI Symposium on Mechanics Problems in Geodynamics held in Beijing, September 1994. It discusses different aspects of mechanics problems in geodynamics involving the earth's rotation, tectonic analyses of various parts of the world, mineral physics and flow in the mantle, seismic source studies and wave propagation and application of the DDA method in tectonic analysis.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanics, Peking University, Beijing, China

    Ren Wang

  • Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

    Keiiti Aki

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mechanics Problems in Geodynamics Part II

  • Book Subtitle: Part II

  • Editors: Ren Wang, Keiiti Aki

  • Series Title: Pageoph Topical Volumes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9200-1

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Verlag 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-5412-1Published: 01 May 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-9200-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2504-3625

  • Series E-ISSN: 2504-3633

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 338

  • Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy

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