Selected Papers From Volume 32 of Vychislitel'naya Seysmologiya

Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
PREFACE......Page 6
The marvel that is Keilis-Borok......Page 7
2. The Backus-Gilbert Method for Seismic Tomography......Page 11
3. Formulating Problems in Surface Wave Ray Tomography......Page 12
5. Estimation of Resolution......Page 14
6. Azimuthal Tomography......Page 17
7. Solutions to Some Problems in Surface Wave Tomography......Page 19
References......Page 21
1. Introduction......Page 23
2. Surface Wave Tomography......Page 24
3. The Study of Shallow Depth Structure Based on Surface Wave Data......Page 25
References......Page 26
Rayleigh waves without cubic equations......Page 29
1. Introduction......Page 34
2. Computation of the Maximum Shear Stress mss Field......Page 35
3. Conclusions......Page 36
References......Page 37
1. Beginnings......Page 38
3. Developments......Page 40
References......Page 41
2. Localizing Earthquake-Prone Areas as a Pattern Recognition Problem......Page 43
3. Morphostructural Nodes Are the Elements of the Present-Day Crust Structure......Page 44
4. Recognition of Earthquake-Prone Areas: Validation of Results......Page 45
5. Discussion and Conclusions......Page 48
References......Page 49
1. Introduction......Page 51
2. Methodology......Page 52
4. Seismic Microzoning of Elat......Page 54
6. Earthquake Damage Scenario for Elat......Page 57
7. Discussion......Page 60
References......Page 62
1. Introduction......Page 66
4. MMIWeb:MMI From Web Questionnaires WQs......Page 67
5. MMIPostal, MMIWeb, and CII for the Hector Mine, California,Earthquake......Page 69
References......Page 71
1. Introduction......Page 72
2. Main Properties of the Integrated Precursor......Page 73
3. On the Crustal Dilatant \"Boundary Layer\"......Page 74
4. A Multidisciplinary Model of the Integrated Precursor and Joint Inversion for Monitoring the Precursor......Page 80
5. A Scheme for Vibroseis Monitoring of Seismic Zones......Page 83
References......Page 86
1. Introduction......Page 87
2. Review of Crack-Induced Shear-Wave Splitting......Page 88
3. Review of Stress-Forecasting Earthquakes......Page 92
4. Changes in Shear-Wave Splitting Before Volcanic Eruptions......Page 94
5. Developing Stress-Monitoring SitesSMSs......Page 95
6. Critical Systems......Page 96
Discussion and Conclusions......Page 97
Appendix A: Evolution of Fluid-Saturated Cracks in Figure 3......Page 98
References......Page 99
2. Observations......Page 102
References......Page 108
1. Introduction......Page 110
2. Formulation of the Problem and Outline of the Method......Page 112
3. Reconstruction of the Crack Dynamics From Knowledge of Small Time Dynamics and Position of a FiniteTime Singularity......Page 114
4. Prediction of Critical Time From Knowledge of Small Time Dynamics......Page 116
5. Synthetic Tests in the Presence of Noise......Page 119
References......Page 122
1. Introduction......Page 125
2. The Similarity Theory for Earthquakes......Page 126
3. The Gutenberg-Richter Law for the Earthquakes Frequency-Size Distribution......Page 130
4. Man-Induced Earthquakes and Other Phenomena......Page 131
6. What Is Common Among Gutenberg-Richter Law and Many Other Natural Phenomena?......Page 134
References......Page 142
1. Introduction......Page 144
3. Algorithms M8 and MSc and their performance in predicting earthquakes with magnitudes 8.0 or more......Page 145
4. Seismicity Distribution in Time and Space Prior to a Large Event......Page 147
5. The Inverse Cascade to the Main Event......Page 155
6. The Distribution of Seismic Activity in Time and Space After a Large Event......Page 156
7. Discussion......Page 164
References......Page 165
1. Introduction......Page 167
2. The Generation of the Earthquake Source......Page 168
3. The Kinetics of Aftershock Asymptotics......Page 169
4. The Asymptotics of Foreshocks......Page 172
References......Page 174
1. Introduction......Page 176
2. Description of the Model......Page 177
3. The Analysis of Long-Range Interaction......Page 179
4. Results......Page 180
References......Page 182
Dynamics of several automaton models......Page 184
1. Introduction......Page 194
2. Brief Description of the Model......Page 195
3. Precursors......Page 196
4. Comparative Analysis of Precursors......Page 200
5. Conclusion......Page 202
References......Page 203
2. Absolute Free-Fail Instruments......Page 204
3. Fine Structure Spectrum in Tidal Gravimetry......Page 205
4. Importance of Atmospheric Loading......Page 207
5. Using Gravity and GPS to Infer Ice Mass Changes in Greenland......Page 209
6. Walferdange Underground Laboratory of Geodynamics WULGand the GRAVILUXPproject......Page 210
References......Page 213
1. Introduction......Page 214
2. Equations of Transfer of Energy,Mass, and Momentum for the System of a Viscous Mantle and a Floating Continent......Page 215
3. Results......Page 216
4. Conclusion......Page 220
References......Page 221
1. Introduction......Page 222
2. Equations of Motion and Boundary Conditions......Page 223
3. Linear Analysis......Page 225
References......Page 228
2. Tectonic Structure......Page 230
3. Present-Day Geodynamics......Page 232
4. Conclusion......Page 238
References......Page 239
1. Introduction......Page 240
2. Basic Facts......Page 241
3. Inner Dynamical Problem for a Massive Rotating Deformable Body......Page 243
4. Outer Dynamical Problem for a Massive Rotating Body......Page 246
5. Equations of Earth\'s Motion......Page 250
Appendix A: Time Derivatives of a Vector and a Tensor in Inertial and Noninertial Frames of Reference......Page 251
References......Page 253
4. Ergodicity......Page 254
5. Statistics Without Stochastics......Page 255
References......Page 256
AUTHOR INDEX......Page 257
GEOMAGNETISM AND PALEOMAGNETISM......Page 259
NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICS 3200, 6944, 7839......Page 260
TECTONOPHYSICS......Page 261