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Earthquake Prediction and Rock Mechanics

Birkhäuser

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Part of the book series: Contributions to Current Research in Geophysics (CCRG)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-iii
  2. Magnetism of Rocks and Volumetric Strain in Uniaxial Failure Tests

    • Randolph J. Martin III, Max Wyss
    Pages 51-61
  3. The Sliding Characteristics of Sandstone on Quartz Fault-Gouge

    • James T. Engelder, John M. Logan, John Handin
    Pages 69-86
  4. Dilatancy and Crustal Uplift

    • John R. Booker
    Pages 119-125
  5. Theory of Earthquakes

    • B. T. Brady
    Pages 149-168
  6. Two Models for Earthquake Forerunners

    • V. I. Mjachkin, W. F. Brace, G. A. Sobolev, J. H. Dieterich
    Pages 169-181
  7. A Theoretical Model of the Dilatant Behavior of a Brittle Rock

    • J. Theodore Cherry, Robert N. Schock, Joel Sweet
    Pages 183-196

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

    Max Wyss

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