New Frontiers in Integrated Solid Earth Sciences

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cloetingh, S. (Editor), Negendank, Jorg. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: International Year of Planet Earth
• Subjects: Geography.; Geology.; Physical geography.; Ecology.; Earth Sciences.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Physical Geography.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2737-5

Mans intensifying use of the Earths habitat has led to an urgent need for scientifically advanced 'geo-prediction systems' that accurately locate subsurface resources and forecast the timing and magnitude of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and land subsidence. As advances in the earth sc...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction: Perpectives on Integrated Solid Earth Sciences
• 3D Crustal Model of Western and Central Europe as a Basis for Modelling Mantle Structure
• Thermal and Rheological Model of the European Lithosphere
• Thermo-mechanical Models for Coupled Lithosphere-surface Processes
• Achievements and Challenges in Sedimentary Basins Dynamics
• Recent Developments in Earthquake Hazards Studies
• Passive Seismic Monitoring of Natural and Induced Earthquakes: Case Studies, Future Directions and Socio-Economic Relevance
• Non-Volcanic Tremor and Slow Slip
• Volcanism in Reverse and Strike-Slip Fault Settings
• DynaQlim  Upper Mantle Dynamics and Quaternary Climate in Cratonic Areas
• Ultradeep Rocks and Diamonds in the Light of Advanced Scientific Technologies
• New Views of the Earths Inner Core from Computational Mineral Physics.