Research Catalog

Title

International handbook of earthquake and engineering seismology / edited by William H.K. Lee ... [et al.].

Publication

Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, 2002-

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Details

Additional Authors

• International Association for Earthquake Engineering.
• International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior. Committee on Education.
• Lee, William Hung Kan, 1940-

Description

v. : ill., maps; 29 cm. +

Summary

• "Part A of the Handboook ... features 56 full-length chapters detailing the history of seismology, theoeretical and observational seismology, earthquake geology and mechanics, seismicity of the earth, and the Earth's structure."--BOOK JACKET, pt. A.
• "Part B of the Handbook ... features 34 chapters detailing strong-motion seismology, earthquake engineering, quake prediction and hazards mitigation, and several detailed appendices."--BOOK JACKET, pt. B.
• "The materials on ... [CD #1] contain supplemental information for Chapters 1-56, and are divided into six categories: (1) full manuscripts of which only abridged versions are included in Part A due to space limitations, (2) large data sets for further data processing and analysis, (3) full references of which only abridged versions are included in Part A, (3) appendices and figures, (5) out-of-print books presented in computer-readable files, and (6) graphics files used to create the Handbook Part A... However, some chapters do not have materials for archiving." "The materials on ... [CD #2] and ... [CD #3] contain supplemental information for chapters 60-90 (please note that some chapters do not have materials for archiving) and Appendix 3. ... the graphics used to create Handbook part B are provided...."--P. 1893, v. 2.
• "The two-volume International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology is an encyclopedic overview of our present knowledge of earthquakes and engineering seismology. ... This comprehensive set is a resource library for structural engineers, geologists, geophysicists, seismologists, and other scientists and engineers with an interest in earthquakes."--BOOK JACKET, pt. A.

Series Statement

International geophysics series ; v. 81

Uniform Title

International geophysics series ; v. 81.

Alternative Title

• Earthquake & engineering seismology
• Earthquake and engineering seismology
• International handbook of earthquake & engineering seismology

Subjects

• CD-ROMs
• Earthquakes
• Earthquake engineering
• Seismology

Genre/Form

CD-ROMs

Note

• "A project of the Committee on Education, International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior, in collaboration with International Association for Earthquake Engineering."
• Handbook CD # 1 in pocket on inside back cover of pt. A.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

History and Prefatory Essays -- History of Seismology / D.C. Agnew -- Historical View of Earthquake Engineering / G.W. Housner -- The Jesuit Contribution to Seismology / A. Udias, W. Stauder -- International Seismology / R.D. Adams -- Synthesis of Earthquake Science Information and Its Public Transfer: A History of the Southern California Earthquake Center / K. Aki -- Continental Drift, Sea-Floor Spreading, and Plate/Plume Tectonics / S. Uyeda -- Earthquake Mechanisms and Plate Tectonics / S. Stein, E. Klosko -- Theoretical Seismology -- Theoretical Seismology: An Introduction / A. Udias -- Seismic Ray Theory and Finite Frequency Extensions / C.H. Chapman -- Normal Modes of the Earth and Planets / P. Lognonne, E. Clevede -- Inversion of Surface Waves: A Review / B. Romanowicz -- Earthquake Dynamics / R. Madariaga, K.B. Olsen -- Scattering and Attenuation of Seismic Waves in the Lithosphere / H. Sato, M. Fehler, R.-S. Wu -- Earthquakes as a Complex System / D.L. Turcotte, B.D. Malamud -- Physics of Earthquakes / R. Teisseyre, E. Majewski -- Probabilistic Approach to Inverse Problems / K. Mosegaard, A. Tarantola -- Observational Seismology -- Challenges in Observational Seismology / W.H.K. Lee -- Seismometry / E. Wielandt -- Seismic Noise on Land and on the Seafloor / S.C. Webb -- US Contribution to Digital Global Seismograph Networks / C.R. Hutt, H.F. Bolton, L.G. Holcomb -- The Structure and Interpretation of Seismograms / O. Kulhanek -- Analysis of Digital Earthquake Signals / F. Scherbaum.

ISBN

0124406521

OCLC

• 51272640
• 50791965

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library