@article{1398622,
      recid = {1398622},
      author = {Ōnaka, Michiyasu,},
      title = {The physics of rock failure and earthquakes [electronic  resource] /},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge :},
      pages = {1 online resource (x, 270 pages) :},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {"Physical modelling of earthquake generation processes is  essential to further our understanding of seismic hazard.  However, the scale-dependent nature of earthquake rupture  processes is further complicated by the heterogeneous  nature of the crust. Despite significant advances in the  understanding of earthquake generation processes, and the  derivation of underlying physical laws, controversy remains  regarding what the constitutive law for earthquake ruptures  ought to be, and how it should be formulated. It is  extremely difficult to obtain field data to define physical  properties along a fault during a rupture event, at  sufficiently high spatial and temporal resolution to  resolve the controversy. Instead, laboratory experiments  offer a means of obtaining high-resolution measurements  that allow the physical nature of shear rupture processes  to be deduced. This important new book is written using  consistent notation, providing a deeper understanding of  earthquake processes from nucleation to their dynamic  propagation. Its key focus is a deductive approach based on  laboratory-derived physical laws and formulae, such as a  unifying constitutive law, a constitutive scaling law, and  a physical model of shear rupture nucleation. Topics  covered include: the fundamentals of rock failure physics,  earthquake generation processes, physical scale dependence,  and large-earthquake generation cycles and their seismic  activity"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1398622},
}