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Earthquakes: Simulations, Sources and Tsunamis

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Editors:
  1. Kristy F. Tiampo

    1. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

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  2. Dion K. Weatherley

    1. Earth Systems Science Computational Centre (ESSCC) Department Earth Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia

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  3. Stuart A. Weinstein

    1. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), Ewa Beach, USA

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Earthquakes: Simulations, Sources and Tsunamis

    • K. F. Tiampo, D. K. Weatherley, S. A. Weinstein
    Pages 449-450

  3. Finite Fault Modeling in a Tsunami Warning Center Context

    • Stuart A. Weinstein, Paul R. Lundgren
    Pages 451-474

  4. Modeling and Visualization of Tsunamis

    • Huai Zhang, Yaolin Shi, David A. Yuen, Zhenzhen Yan, Xiaoru Yuan, Chaofan Zhang
    Pages 475-496

  5. Geophysical Finite-Element Simulation Tool (GeoFEST): Algorithms and Validation for Quasistatic Regional Faulted Crust Problems

    • Jay Parker, Gregory Lyzenga, Charles Norton, Cinzia Zuffada, Margaret Glasscoe, John Lou et al.
    Pages 497-521

  6. Multiscale Brittle-Ductile Coupling and Genesis of Slow Earthquakes

    • K. Regenauer-Lieb, D. A. Yuen
    Pages 523-543

  7. Parallel Fault Systems with Evolving Self-similar Sliding Zones

    • A. V. Dyskin
    Pages 545-565

  8. 3-D Simulation of Steady Plate Subduction with Tectonic Erosion: Current Crustal Uplift and Free-Air Gravity Anomaly in Northeast Japan

    • Chihiro Hashimoto, Toshinori Sato, Mitsuhiro Matsu’ura
    Pages 567-583

  9. Development of Long-period Ground Motions from the Nankai Trough, Japan, Earthquakes: Observations and Computer Simulation of the 1944 Tonankai (Mw 8.1) and the 2004 SE Off-Kii Peninsula (Mw 7.4) Earthquakes

    • Takashi Furumura, Toshihiko Hayakawa, Misao Nakamura, Kazuki Koketsu, Toshitaka Baba
    Pages 585-607

  10. Modeling Wing Crack Extension: Implications for the Ingredients of Discrete Element Model

    • Yucang Wang, Peter Mora
    Pages 609-620

  11. Interactive Visualization to Advance Earthquake Simulation

    • Louise H. Kellogg, Gerald W. Bawden, Tony Bernardin, Magali Billen, Eric Cowgill, Bernd Hamann et al.
    Pages 621-633

  12. The QuakeSim Project: Web Services for Managing Geophysical Data and Applications

    • Marlon E. Pierce, Geoffrey C. Fox, Mehmet S. Aktas, Galip Aydin, Harshawardhan Gadgil, Zhigang Qi et al.
    Pages 635-651

  13. A New Design of Scientific Software Using Python and XML

    • Lutz Gross, Hans Mühlhaus, Elspeth Thorne, Ken Steube
    Pages 653-670

  14. An Efficient System for Creating Synthetic InSAR Images from Simulations

    • Xiaoru Yuan, Yingchun Liu, David A. Yuen, Baoquan Chen, Tomas Pergler, Yaolin Shi
    Pages 671-691

  15. The Stress Accumulation Method and the Pattern Informatics Index: Complementary Approaches to Earthquake Forecasting

    • Kristy F. Tiampo, David D. Bowman, Harmony Colella, John B. Rundle
    Pages 693-709

  16. The Newest Developments of Load-Unload Response Ratio (LURR)

    • Xiang-Chu Yin, Lang-Ping Zhang, Yongxian Zhang, Keyin Peng, Haitao Wang, Zhiping Song et al.
    Pages 711-722

  17. Earthquake Trend Around Sumatra Indicated by a New Implementation of LURR Method

    • Can Yin, Huilin Xing, Peter Mora, Hehua Xu
    Pages 723-736

  18. Comparison Between LURR and State Vector Analysis Before Strong Earthquakes in Southern California Since 1980

    • Yongxian Zhang, Yongija Wu, Xiangchu Yin, Keyin Peng, Langping Zhang, Aiqin Yu et al.
    Pages 737-748

  19. Fast Computing for LURR of Earthquake Prediction

    • Yangde Feng, Xuebin Chi, Wu Wang, Jiang Chen, Xiangchu Yin
    Pages 749-759

  20. Complexity in Sequences of Solar Flares and Earthquakes

    • Vladimir G. Kossobokov, Fabio Lepreti, Vincenzo Carbone
    Pages 761-775
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In recent years, large earthquakes in the circum-Pacific region have repeatedly demonstrated its particular vulnerability to this potentially devastating natural hazard, including the M ~ 9.2 Northern Sumatra earthquake and tsunami of 2004 which resulted in the deaths of nearly 300,000 people. In the late-1990s, major advancements in seismic research greatly added to the understanding of earthquake fault systems, as large quantities of new and extensive remote sensing data sets, that provided information on the solid earth on scales previously inaccessible, were integrated with a combination of innovative analysis techniques and advanced numerical and computational methods implemented on high-performance computers. This book includes a variety of studies that focus on the modeling of tsunamis and earthquakes, both large-scale simulation and visualization programs, as well as detailed models of small-scale features. Particular attention is paid to computational techniques, languages, and hardware that can be used to facilitate data analysis, visualization, and modeling. Also included are studies of several earthquake forecasting techniques and associated comparisons of their results with historic earthquake data. Finally, the volume ends with theoretical analyses of statistical properties of seismicity by internationally recognized experts in the field. This volume will be of particular interest to researchers interested in the multiscale simulation and visualization of large earthquakes and tsunamis.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

    Kristy F. Tiampo

  • Earth Systems Science Computational Centre (ESSCC) Department Earth Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia

    Dion K. Weatherley

  • Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), Ewa Beach, USA

    Stuart A. Weinstein

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