Tutorial on earthquake rotational effects: historical examples

0330221 - GFÚ 2010 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Kozák, Jan
Tutorial on earthquake rotational effects: historical examples.
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. Roč. 99, 2B (2009), s. 998-1010. ISSN 0037-1106. E-ISSN 1943-3573
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z30120515
Keywords : rotational seismic models * earthquake rotational effects * historical earthquakes
Subject RIV: DC - Siesmology, Volcanology, Earth Structure
Impact factor: 1.860, year: 2009

Earthquake rotational effects have been observed for centuries. The first class of rotational seismic models includes two models defined by Mallet (1862) in the mid-nineteenth century based on the rotation of bodies to their underlying structures. These rotational effects satisfactorily explain observed surface rotations. In this short tutorial (based mostly on western literature), we will briefly discuss the historical aspects of earthquake rotational effects.
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