Active Faults of the World

The first worldwide survey of active earthquake faults, providing an important basis for protecting threatened cities in the developing world.

Robert Yeats (Author)

9781108445689, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 March 2018

634 pages, 214 b/w illus.
24.5 x 19 x 3.3 cm, 1.4 kg

'The text descriptions are illustrated by easy-to-grasp maps of the areas under discussion. This is an essential reference work for anyone interested in earthquakes and their accompanying hazards.' Natural Hazards Observer

Providing the first worldwide survey of active earthquake faults, this book focuses on those described as 'seismic time bombs' – with the potential to destroy large cities in the developing world such as Port au Prince, Kabul, Tehran and Caracas. Leading international earthquake expert, Robert Yeats, explores both the regional and plate-tectonic context of active faults, providing the background for seismic hazard evaluation in planning large-scale projects such as nuclear power plants or hydroelectric dams. He also highlights work done in more advanced seismogenic countries like Japan, the United States, New Zealand and China, providing an important basis for upgrading building standards and other laws in developing nations. The book also explores the impact of major quakes on social development through history. It will form an accessible reference for analysts and consulting firms, and a convenient overview for academics and students of geoscience, geotechnical engineering and civil engineering, and land-use planning.

Introduction
1. Methods and background
2. Introduction to North America: the Pacific–North America plate boundary
3. San Andreas System and basin and range
4. Caribbean Plate and Middle America subduction zone
5. South America
6. Africa, Arabia, and Western Europe
7. Eastern Mediterranean, the Caucasus, and the Middle East
8. India, the Himalaya, Mainland China, and Central Asia
9. Japan and the Western Pacific
10. Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Geology & the lithosphere [RBG], Earth sciences [RB], Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning [R]