Earthquake prediction remains one of the most important unsolved problems in geophysics. Numerous studies, discussions, and critical reviews have been published, with mixed and unconvincing results. Failure to recognize a pattern to allow for reliable earthquake prediction has led many scientists to believe that this problem is impossible to solve. In the last decades, however, generations of seismologists, geophysicists, and geologists have accumulated enough knowledge and information to allow for the reformulation and solution of this essential problem. The result is this new book, The Omega-Theory: A New Physics of Earthquakes, which 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 numerous new natural laws and theorems; this book has interpreted this structure as a new physical theory and a new paradigm. The Omega-Theory opens a new chapter in our understanding of the tectonic and seismic processes within the Earth, and is an essential resource for future researchers in the fields of structural geology, physics of the Earth, and seismology. Brings together twenty years of research in the field of geophysics and attacks the problem within the framework of, but going beyond, the Cosserat continuum theoryHeavily tested on tens of natural examples and numerical testsIncludes 350 color figures and graphsSpans 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 INDICE: 1. Introduction Part 1: Cosserat continuum mechanics of faulting 2. Cosserat continuum 3. Multiple-slip mechanism of plastic Cosserat deformation 4. The stress along the faults 5. Wedge faulting: the L2 kinematics 6. Parallel-faults and parallel-wedges interactions: The Gamma-scheme 7. Bath's law Part 2: Introduction to the Omega-Theory 8. Omega-sequences 9. Omega-cells 10. Omori's law 11. Omega-interactions 12. Felzer-Brodsky's law 13. Conservation laws 14. Phase transitions 15. What causes the earthquakes? 16. Critical behaviour: Large earthquakes can be predicted 17. Supercritical behaviour: aftershock sequences Part 3: Systems, plate tectonics, and order 18. The B-spectral theorem and the synchronized Earth 19. Quantum numbers of earthquakes 20. Gutenberg-Richter's law 21. Seismic induction and the theory of plate tectonics 22. Earthquakes as computation: origin of order Part 4: Seismic chaos synchronizations 23. T-synchronizations: Predicting the future seismic states of the Earth 24. M-synchronizations: The B-megasignal and large earthquakes 25. S-synchronizations 26. Maximum effectiveness of predictions: -1 rule 27. Open systems 28. Further observations on S-synchronizations Part 5: The Loop Logics 29. Description of seismic states 30. Epicentre prediction 31. Origin of plate tectonics 32. References and Literature
- ISBN: 978-0-12-814580-7
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 570
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2018
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés