Download or read book Computational Earthquake Physics: Simulations, Analysis and Infrastructure, Part I written by Xiang-chu Yin and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2006-12-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of a two-part work, this volume focuses on microscopic simulation, scaling physics, dynamic rapture and wave propagation, earthquake generation, cycle and seismic pattern. Topics covered range from numerical and theoretical studies of crack propagation, developments in finite difference methods for modeling faults, long time scale simulation of interacting fault systems, and modeling of crustal deformation through to mantle convection.