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Fossil Earthquakes: The Formation and Preservation of Pseudotachylytes

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Aiming Lin

    1. Shizuoka University Graduate School of Science & Technology, 836 Ohya Suruga-ku, Japan

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences (LNEARTH, volume 111)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    • Aiming Lin
    Pages 1-3

  3. Terminology and Origin of Pseudotachylyte

    • Aiming Lin
    Pages 5-15

  4. Pseudotachylyte-Related Fault Rocks and Conceptual Fault Models

    • Aiming Lin
    Pages 17-46

  5. Tectonic Environment and Structure of Pseudotachylyte Veins

    • Aiming Lin
    Pages 47-73

  6. Pseudotachylyte Matrix

    • Aiming Lin
    Pages 75-103

  7. Microlites

    • Aiming Lin
    Pages 105-137

  8. Fragments Within Pseudotachylyte Veins

    • Aiming Lin
    Pages 139-158

  9. Chemical Composition and Melting Processes of Pseudotachylyte

    • Aiming Lin
    Pages 159-176

  10. Formation of Pseudotachylyte in the Brittle and Plastic Regimes

    • Aiming Lin
    Pages 177-224

  11. Crushing-Origin Pseudotachylyte and Veinlet Cataclastic Rocks

    • Aiming Lin
    Pages 225-263

  12. Landslide-related Pseudotachylyte

    • Aiming Lin
    Pages 265-281

  13. Experimentally Generated Pseudotachylyte

    • Aiming Lin
    Pages 283-319

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 321-348
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The topics covered in this book encompass the principl results of field investigations, analyses of meso-scale and micro-scale textures and structures, laboratory experiments, chemical analyses, conceptual fault models, as well as the implications of fault related pseudotachylyte an its related fault rocks for our understanding of earthquakes. We hope that this book helps to bridge the gap between seismology and geology and that it encourages further studies of earthquake and seismic faulting processes.

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"The book by Professor Lin provides an overview of the current understanding of fault-related pseudotachylytes. The overview is based on a comprehensive examination of the literature and on the experience of the author … . It will be helpful for students and researchers involved in the new era of pseudotachylyte research, which relies more and more on high-velocity friction experiments." (Olivier Fabbri, The Journal of Geology, Vol. 116, 2008)

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  • Shizuoka University Graduate School of Science & Technology, 836 Ohya Suruga-ku, Japan

    Aiming Lin

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