The Omega-Theory A New Physics of Earthquakes [Paperback]

The Omega-Theory: A New Physics of Earthquakes, Second Edition offers a unifying, mathematical framework to describe and answer the most pressing and unexamined dilemmas of earthquake sequences. Those in the fields of seismology and geology are currently faced with a vast and complex mathematical structure, involving many new, natural laws and theorems. This book interprets this structure as a new physical theory and paradigm, helping users understand the tectonic and seismic processes within the Earth. As such, it is an essential resource for future researchers in the fields of structural geology, physics of the Earth, and seismology.

In the last decades, generations of seismologists, geophysicists, and geologists have accumulated enough knowledge and information to allow for the reformulation and solution of this essential problem. Hence, this book provides a great resource for researchers and professionals.

• Brings together twenty years of research in the field of geophysics and attacks the problem within the framework of the Cosserat continuum theory
• Heavily tested on tens of natural examples and numerical tests
• Includes 350 color figures and graphs
• Spans across many fields of theoretical physics and geology, such as plate tectonics, synchronization of chaotic systems, solitons and fractals, mathematical set theory, and quantum mechanics

1. Introduction

I COSSERAT CONTINUUM THEORY OF FAULTING 2. Cosserat Continuum 3. The Multiple-Slip Mechanism of Plastic Cosserat Deformation 4. Stress Along the Faults 5. Wedge Faulting: The L2 Kinematics 6. Parallel Fault and Parallel Wedge Interactions: The Gamma-Scheme 7. B?th's Law and the Cosserat Extension of the Reid Rebound Model

II INTRODUCTION TO THE OMEGA-THEORY