Understanding Faults

Detecting, Dating, and Modeling
2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-0-443-45313-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 475 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

Understanding Faults: Detecting, Dating, and Modeling, Second Edition reveals the dynamic world of faults and earthquakes. It offers a single resource for analyzing faults for a variety of applications, from hazard detection and earthquake processes to geophysical exploration. Chapters explore the intricate processes of fault detection, utilizing various methods to identify and characterize faults in different settings. Numerical modeling techniques are employed to simulate fault behavior and seismic activity, providing insights into fault dynamics and earthquake mechanisms. The book also closely examines faulting in laboratory settings, allowing for controlled experiments to study fault growth and behavior under controlled conditions. The dating of fault movement sheds light on the timing and history of fault activity, providing crucial information for understanding seismic hazards and tectonic processes. Additionally, fault sealing mechanisms and their implications are examined, revealing how faults evolve and interact with their surrounding environment. A unique perspective is offered on faults in the context of the Energy Transition, exploring the role of faults in energy-related processes and transitions. By examining faults from multiple angles, including geological, geophysical, and energy perspectives, the book provides a comprehensive understanding of fault systems and their significance in various domains.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tanner, David

Brandes, Christian

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Stratigraphie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Tektonik, Strukturgeologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geophysik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Vulkanologie, Seismologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Geophysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Ölförderung, Gasförderung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Wirtschaftsgeologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Fault mechanics and earthquakes
3. Fault detection
4. Numerical modelling of faults
5. Faulting in the laboratory
6. The growth of faults
7. Dating of fault movement
8. Fault sealing
9. Faults in the Energy Transition

Über Autor(innen)

Tanner, David
David Colin Tanner is a researcher at the LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics, where his research focuses on structural modeling and seismic interpretation. He has given lectures on 3D geological modelling and tectonics at many universities. His interests lie in understanding the geological processes in the Earth’s crust, especially faults and their geological history.

Brandes, Christian
Christian Brandes is a researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Geology at the University of Hannover. His research interests include interaction of tectonics and sedimentation, geodynamics of island-arcs, burial history and temperature evolution of sedimentary basins, paleoseismology, and evolution of fold-and-thrust belts. He lectures on tectonics, modeling, Earth history, mapping, and regional geology.