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Advances in Earthquake Prediction

Research and Risk Mitigation

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Ragnar Stefánsson

    1. University of Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland

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  • Describes the major efforts in earthquake prediction research in the world
  • Contains results of 20 years of multinational European cooperation prediction research
  • Illustrates Iceland as the "test area" for multidisciplinary and multinational research

Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)

Part of the book sub series: Geophysical Sciences (GEOPHYS)

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The special natural conditions in Iceland as well as high level technology, were the basis for multidisciplinary and multinational cooperation for studying crustal processes, especially processes ahead of large earthquakes. This work leads to new innovative results and real time warnings which are described in the book. The results obtained in Iceland are of significance for earthquake prediction research worldwide.

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Background to the work

    • Ragnar Stefánsson
    Pages 1-13

  3. A new approach to earthquake prediction

    • Ragnar Stefánsson
    Pages 15-43

  4. The test area

    • Ragnar Stefánsson
    Pages 45-67

  5. Observable crustal processes preceding two large earthquakes in the SISZ test area

    • Ragnar Stefánsson
    Pages 69-146

  6. A new dynamic model involving upward migration of fluids from below the brittle crust

    • Ragnar Stefánsson
    Pages 147-163

  7. Emerging new understanding on the release of earthquakes and the earthquake cycle

    • Ragnar Stefánsson
    Pages 165-183

  8. Earthquake warnings to government bodies and the public

    • Ragnar Stefánsson
    Pages 185-205

  9. Application of earthquake prediction to other earthquake-prone regions

    • Ragnar Stefánsson
    Pages 207-222

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 223-245
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Reviews

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“This book is really a review of earthquake research in Iceland … focusing on the issue of earthquake prediction in the specific seismic region called the South Iceland Seismic Zone (SISZ), located in the South Iceland lowland (SIL). … the book presents perhaps the best study of bookshelf tectonics ever performed. It is also a uniquely detailed study of seismicity of a ridge region, namely the SISZ, based on both historical and instrumental observations.” (Pawel Wiejacz, Pure and Applied Geophysics, November, 2012)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland

    Ragnar Stefánsson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Earthquake Prediction

  • Book Subtitle: Research and Risk Mitigation

  • Authors: Ragnar Stefánsson

  • Series Title: Springer Praxis Books

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47571-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-47569-9Published: 08 June 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50110-8Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-47571-2Published: 06 June 2011

  • Series ISSN: 2945-7475

  • Series E-ISSN: 2945-7483

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 245

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Geology

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