| Analytical Surface Deformation Theory: For Detection of the Earth's Crust Movements 1999 Edition Contributor(s): Altiner, Yüksel (Author) |
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ISBN: 3540658203 ISBN-13: 9783540658207 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: The high accuracy achievable using space techniques (VLBI, SLR, GPS) requires rethinking of the theoretical foundations of deformation analysis to be applied. If the results of a deformation analysis are to be useful as initial data based on physical or dynamic models, which generally can be assumed, they have to refer to the physical surface of the Earth (topography). This requires a representation of the Earth's surface as a generally curved surface that is embedded in three-dimensional Euclidian space. This book presents an analytical surface deformation theory to describe movement of the Earth's crust with application to the velocities derived on the basis of GPS observations in the area of the Adriatic Sea and illustrates some local connections between deformations and stresses. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Geophysics - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology |
| Dewey: 526.1 |
| LCCN: 99023784 |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.75 lbs) 100 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Due to plate motions, tidal effects of the Moon and the Sun, atmosphe- ric, hydrological, ocean loading and local geological processes, and due to the rotation of the Earth, all points on the Earth's crust are sub- ject to deformation. Global plate motion models, based on the ocean floor spreading rates, transform fault azimuths, and earthquake slip vectors, describe average plate motions for a time period of the past few million years. Therefore, the investigation of present-day tectonic activities by global plate motion models in a small area with complex movements cannot supply satisfactory results. The contribution of space techniques Very Long Baseline Interferome- try (VLBI); Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR); Global Positioning System (GPS)] applied to the present-day deformations ofthe Earth's surface and plate tectonics has increased during the last 20 to 25 years. Today one is able to determine by these methods the relative motions in the em to sub-em-range between points far away from each other. |