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" Advances in earthquake prediction : "
Ragnar Stefánsson
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BL
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690819
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b513008
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| Main Entry
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Stefánsson, Ragnar
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| Title & Author
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Advances in earthquake prediction : : research and risk mitigation /\ Ragnar Stefánsson
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| Publication Statement
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Heidelberg ;New York :: Springer ;Chichester, UK :: In association with Praxis Pub.,, [2011]
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, ©2011
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Springer-Praxis books in geophysical sciences
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xxiv, 245 pages :: illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ;; 25 cm
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3540475699
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: 9783540475699
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-233) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction : background to the work -- A new approach to earthquake prediction -- The test area : the south Iceland seismic zone (SISZ), tectonics, and measurements -- Observable crustal processes preceding two large earthquakes in the SISZ test area -- A new dynamic model involving upward migration of fluids from below the brittle crust -- Emerging new understanding on the release of earthquakes and the earthquake cycle -- Earthquake warnings to government bodies and the public -- Application of earthquake prediction to other earthquake-prone regions
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Earthquake prediction-- Research
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Seismology
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| Dewey Classification
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551.22
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QE538.8.S84 2011
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