Advances in geophysics. Volume 57 / edited by Lars Nielsen
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- [Place of publication not identified] : Academic Press, 2016.
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- 1 online resource
- Additional Creators:
- Nielsen, Lars
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- Contents:
- Front Cover; Advances in Geophysics; Advances in Geophysics; Copyright; CONTENTS; Contributors; PREFACE; One -- Mechanics of Accretionary Prisms and Fold-and-Thrust Belts Based on Limit Analysis; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. LIMIT ANALYSIS AND ITS KINEMATIC APPROACH; 2.1 An Overview of Limit Analysis; 2.2 The Theorem of Virtual Powers; 2.3 The Kinematic Approach; 2.3.1 The Collapse Mechanism and the Virtual Powers; 2.3.2 The Support Function; 2.3.3 The Least Upper Bound; 2.3.4 Application to Gravity Collapse; 3. TRIANGULAR WEDGE: SIX COLLAPSE MECHANISMS IN COMPETITION., 3.1 Collapse Mechanisms 1 and 2: For Comparison With the Critical Coulomb Wedge Theory3.2 Collapse Mechanism 3: Delamination on the Frontal Part of the Decollement; 3.3 Collapse Mechanism 4: Delamination With a Curved Fault; 3.4 Collapse Mechanisms 5 and 6: Vergence Controlled by Compaction During Thrusting; 3.5 Triangular Wedge: Predicting the Dominant Mechanism; 3.5.1 Collapse Mechanisms 1 and 2 for Comparison With the Critical Coulomb Wedge Theory; 3.5.2 Delamination: Mechanisms 3 and 4; 3.5.3 Compaction and Hinterland Thrusting: Collapse Mechanisms 5 and 6; 3.5.4 Discussion., 4. AN ACCRETING WEDGE AND TWO DECOLLEMENTS5. SEQUENTIAL LIMIT ANALYSIS; 6. CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SUPPLEMENTARY DATA; REFERENCES; Two -- Near-Surface Geophysical Characterization of Areas Prone to Natural Hazards: A Review of the Current and Perspective on the Future; 1. Introduction; 2. Methods and Their Basis; 2.1 Downhole, Surface, Air- and Shipborne Surveys; 2.2 Electrical Methods; 2.2.1 Galvanic Geoelectrical Methods; 2.2.2 Inductive Electromagnetic Methods; 2.3 Ground-Penetrating Radar; 2.4 Seismic Methods Including Seismicity; 2.5 Potential Field (Gravity and Magnetic) Methods., 2.6 Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar2.7 Lidar; 2.8 Offshore Geophysical Measurements; 2.8.1 Multibeam Systems; 2.8.2 Imagery; 2.8.3 Active Offshore Seismics; 3. Examples and Case Studies; 3.1 Landslides; 3.2 Flood-Damage Assessments; 3.3 Rockfalls; 3.4 Sinkholes and Subsidence; 3.5 Earthquakes; 3.6 Volcanoes; 3.7 Cryospheric Hazards; 3.7.1 Rock Glaciers; 3.7.2 Avalanches; 4. Road Ahead; 4.1 Multicomponent 2D and 3D Active and Passive Seismic Surveys; 4.2 Advanced and Cost-Effective Airborne Measurements; 4.3 Advanced and Cost-Effective 2D and 3D DCIP Measurements., and 4.4 A Complex Problem Requiring a Multidisciplinary and Integrated Approach5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Three -- Light Snow Precipitation and Effects on Weather and Climate; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. INSTRUMENTS; 2.1 Weighing Gauges; 2.1.1 Geonor Weighing Gauge; 2.1.2 Pluvio Weighing Gauge; 2.2 Optical Present Weather Sensors; 2.3 Optical Spectral Precipitation Probes; 2.3.1 Ground Cloud Imaging Optical Probes; 2.3.2 Laser Precipitation Monitor Disdrometer; 2.4 Profiling Microwave Radiometer; 3. MEASUREMENTS AND ANALYSIS.
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- 9780128095331 (print)
9780128097489 (ePub ebook)
0128097485 (ePub ebook)
0128095334 - Note:
- Includes index.
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