Overview

This book seeks to extend our understanding of the faulting process of natural earthquakes as a complex system. The complex faulting process is generally described by considering a deterministic source (coherent rupture) and a stochastic source. Long-period and short-period approximations provide the scaling law of deterministic and stochastic source parameters of natural earthquakes in a general manner. New concepts of stochastic scaling and non-linear scaling law are introduced to represent such complex phenomena of earthquake activities at local, regional and global levels. There are three modes of complex systems derived from stochastic scaling, which characterize the minimum total power (energy) of the system. These systems predict corresponding power spectra of l/f, Kolmogorov and Lorentz types. Since the stochastic scaling is general, the theory can also be applied to the physics of complex systems in nature.

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Author:   J. Koyama
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1997 ed.
Volume:   16
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.483kg
ISBN:  

9780792344995

ISBN 10:   0792344995
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   31 March 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Classical Description of Earthquake Sources.- 2. Earthquake Source Spectrum of Complex Faulting Process.- 3. Acceleration Spectrum of Complex Faulting Process.- 4. Seismic Energy of Complex Faulting Process.- 5. Earthquake Magnitude and Complex Faulting Process.- 6. General Description of Complex Faulting Process.- 7. Stochastic Rupture Process of Fault Patches.- 8. Stochastic Modeling of Complex Earthquake Activity.- 9. Non-linear Scaling Law of Earthquake Activity.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Appendix C.- Appendix D.- Appendix E.- Appendix F.- Appendix G.- References.- List of Symbols.

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