Computational Earthquake Physics: Simulations, Analysis and Infrastructure, Part II

ISBN-13: 9783764381301 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 432 str.

Xiang-Chu Yin; Peter Mora; Andrea Donnellan

Opis

This second part of a two-volume work contains 22 research articles on various aspects of computational earthquake physics. Coverage includes the promising earthquake forecasting model LURR (Load-Unload Response Ratio); pattern informatics and phase dynamics and their applications; computational algorithms, including continuum damage models and visualization and analysis of geophysical datasets; and assimilation of data.

Spis treści

Computation Earthquake Physics PART II: Introduction.- QuakeSim and the Solid Earth Research Virtual Observatory.- iSERVO: Implementing the International Solid Earth Research Virtual Observatory by Integrating Computational Grid and Geographical Information Web Services.- Construction of an Intraplate Fault System Model of South Australia, and Simulation Tool for the iSERVO Institute Seed Project.- Lurr’s Twenty Years and Its Perspective.- LURR and the San Simeon M 6.5 Earthquake in 2003 and the Seismic Tendency in CA.- A Statistical Investigation of the Earthquake Predictions Using LURR.- Stress Reorientation and LURR: Implication for Earthquake Prediction Using LURR.- An Independent Assessment of the Load/Unload Response Ratio (LURR) Proposed Method of Earthquake Prediction.- Acoustic Emission Experiments of Rock Failure Under Load Simulating the Hypocenter Condition.- Stress Shadows Determined from a Phase Dynamical Measure of Historic Seismicity.- Pattern Informatics and its Application for Optimal Forecasting of Large Earthquakes in Japan.- Systematic Procedural and Sensitivity Analysis of the Pattern Informatics Method for Forecasting Large (M > 5) Earthquake Events in Southern California.- Visualization and Analysis of Multi-terabyte Geophysical Datasets in an Interactive Setting with Remote Webcam Capabilities.- A Grid Framework for Visualization Services in the Earth Sciences.- Thermal Effects in the Evolution of Initially Layered Mantle Material.- Detecting Regional Events via Statistical Analysis of Geodetic Networks.- A Recent Application of the ETAS Model and a Proposed Method for Prediction of Strong Aftershocks.- Orientation-based Continuum Damage Models for Rocks.- Experimental Study of the Earthquake Recurrence Period and the Trend of Post-seismic Development.- State Vector: A New Approach to Prediction of the Failure of Brittle Heterogeneous Media and Large Earthquakes.- Crustal Movement Observed by GPS and Earthquake Activity in the Chinese Mainland and its Neighborhood.- Thermo-hydro-Mechanical Modeling of CO2 Sequestration System Around Fault Environment.