Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk

Content: 
Further Titles in this Series
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Dedication
Page v

Preface
Pages vii-ix

Introduction to Global Tectonics
Page 1

Chapter 1 - Continuity and Change
Pages 3-10

Chapter 2 - Geologic History
Pages 11-20

Chapter 3 - Earthquakes
Pages 21-43

Chapter 4 - Plate Tectonics
Pages 45-69

Introduction to Earthquake Risk
Page 71

Chapter 5 - Stochastic Processes
Pages 73-78

Chapter 6 - Point Processes
Pages 79-83

Chapter 7 - Modelling the Earthquake Process
Pages 85-100

Chapter 8 - Extreme-Value Methods
Pages 101-110

Chapter 9 - Earthquake Zoning
Pages 111-117

Chapter 10 - Estimation Procedures for Earthquake Risk
Pages 119-135

Chapter 11 - Strategies for Control of Earthquake Hazard
Pages 137-144

Introduction to World Seismicity
Page 145

Chapter 12 - The Data
Pages 147-155

Chapter 13 - Seismic Regions of the World
Pages 157-160,161-164,165-168,169-172,173

Chapter 14 - Circum-Pacific Belt
Pages 175-200,201-202,203-204,205-226

Chapter 15 - East Asian Insular Belt and Eurasia
Pages 227-236,237-242,243-252,253-254,255-269

Chapter 16 - Southern Continental Shields
Pages 271,272,273-276

Chapter 17 - Oceanic Rises
Pages 277-278,279-286,287

Appendix 1 - Earthquake Regulations (Section 2314) of the 1968 Los Angeles County Building Code
Pages 289,291-301

References
Pages 303-307

Index
Pages 309-320