Moment Tensor Solutions A Useful Tool for Seismotectonics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: D'Amico, Sebastiano (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Natural Hazards,
• Subjects: Structural geology.; Geology-Statistical methods.; Application software.; Geophysics.; Structural Geology.; Quantitative Geology.; Computer Applications.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.

The book first focuses on the explanation of the theory about focal mechanisms and moment tensor solutions and their role in the modern seismology. The second part of the book compiles several state-of-the-art case studies in different seismotectonic settings of the planet. The assessment of seismic...

Table of Contents:

• PART 1 Theory and Basic Physics
• Earthquake and source theory
• Radiation patterns and beach balls
• Use of P and S wave data for focal mechanism determination
• Review on moment tensor
• PART 2 Techniques and Geodynamic Interpretation
• Centroid Moment Tensor (CMT) Inversion
• Regional Centroid Moment Tensor (RCMT)
• Time Domain Moment Tensor (TDMT)
• Saint Louis University Moment Tensor (SLUMT)
• Cat And Paste Inversion (CAP) technique
• NIED Moment Tensor.