The Omega-theory a new physics of earthquakes / Jure Žalohar.
| Author/creator | Žalohar, Jure |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Amsterdam] : Elsevier, [2018] |
| Description | xi, 558 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Earth and Planetary Sciences 2018 |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Developments in structural geology and tectonics ; 2 Developments in structural geology and tectonics ; 2. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Summary of the Omega-theory -- Introduction -- I. Cosserat continuum theory of faulting -- Cosserat continuum -- The multiple-slip mechanism of plastic Cosserat deformation -- Stress along the faults -- Wedge faulting: the L2 kinematics -- Parallel fault and parallel wedge interactions: the Gamma-scheme -- Båth's Law and the Cosserat extension of the Reid rebound model -- II. Introduction to the Omega-theory -- Omega-sequences -- Omega-cells: "seismic oscillators" -- Omori's Law -- Felzer-Brodsky's Law -- Strain waves and conservation laws -- Phase transitions -- Gutenberg-Richter's Law -- What causes earthquakes? -- III. Systems, plate tectonics, and order -- Omega-interactions -- Critical behavior: large earthquakes can be predicted -- Supercritical behavior: aftershock sequences -- The B-spectral theorem and the synchronized earth -- Quantum numbers of earthquakes: seismic back action and reverse causality -- Seismic induction and the theory of plate tectonics -- Earthquakes as computation: origin of order -- IV. Seismic chaos synchronizations -- T-synchronizations: predicting future seismic states of the earth -- M-synchronizations: the B-megasignal and large earthquakes -- S-synchronizations: the reciprocity theorem and the failure localization law -- Maximum effectiveness of predictions: -1 rule -- Open systems -- Further observations on S-synchronizations -- V. Strain waves, plate tectonics, and the loop theorem -- Description of seismic states -- Epicenter production: Turbal's principle -- Structure of the aftershock sequences -- Synchronizations and fault reactivations -- Predictability of volcanic eruptions -- Strain waves at the tectonic plates boundaries -- Origin of plate tectonics: the loop theorem. |
| Abstract | Of the Omega-theory -- Introduction -- I. Cosserat continuum theory of faulting -- Cosserat continuum -- The multiple-slip mechanism of plastic Cosserat deformation -- Stress along the faults -- Wedge faulting: the L2 kinematics -- Parallel fault and parallel wedge interactions: the Gamma-scheme -- Båth's Law and the Cosserat extension of the Reid rebound model -- II. Introduction to the Omega-theory -- Omega-sequences -- Omega-cells: "seismic oscillators" -- Omori's Law -- Felzer-Brodsky's Law -- Strain waves and conservation laws -- Phase transitions -- Gutenberg-Richter's Law -- What causes earthquakes? -- III. Systems, plate tectonics, and order -- Omega-interactions -- Critical behavior: large earthquakes can be predicted -- Supercritical behavior: aftershock sequences -- The B-spectral theorem and the synchronized earth -- Quantum numbers of earthquakes: seismic back action and reverse causality -- Seismic induction and the theory of plate tectonics -- Earthquakes as computation: origin of order -- IV. Seismic chaos synchronizations -- T-synchronizations: predicting future seismic states of the earth -- M-synchronizations: the B-megasignal and large earthquakes -- S-synchronizations: the reciprocity theorem and the failure localization law -- Maximum effectiveness of predictions: -1 rule -- Open systems -- Further observations on S-synchronizations -- V. Strain waves, plate tectonics, and the loop theorem -- Description of seismic states -- Epicenter production: Turbal's principle -- Structure of the aftershock sequences -- Synchronizations and fault reactivations -- Predictability of volcanic eruptions -- Strain waves at the tectonic plates boundaries -- Origin of plate tectonics: the loop theorem. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9780128145814 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021277576 |
| ISBN | 0128145803 |
| ISBN | 9780128145807 |
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