Interim Report IR-01-067 Block models of lithosphere dynamics and seismicity

Interim Report IR - 01 - 066 Risk Management : Modeling and Computer Applications

The necessity of catastrophe modeling is stipulated both by the essential increase of losses due to recent natural and man-caused hazards and by the lack of reliable real observation data. Earthquakes are considered as an example of unpredictable catastrophic events of a great destructive force. A brief overview of different approaches to mathematical modeling of lithosphere dynamics is present...

Modeling earthquakes via computer programs

Interim Reports on work of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis receive only limited review. Views or opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Institute, its National Member Organizations, or other organizations supporting the work. Abstract Modeling earthquakes plays an important role in investigation of different aspects of seismic risk. The pape...

Variation of Lithosphere-Asthenosphere boundary beneath Iran by using S Receiver function

The current geological and tectonic setting of Iran is due to the ongoing convergence between the Arabian and Eurasian Plates, which resulted in the formation of the Iranian plateau, mountain building, extensive deformation and seismicity. The Iranian plateau is characterized by various domains including the continental collision and the oceanic plate seduction. Based on S receiver functions ar...

Interim Report IR - 01 - 070 US Newsprint Demand Forecasts to 2020

Active tectonics and intracontinental earthquakes in China: The kinematics and geodynamics

China is a country of intense intracontinental seismicity. Most earthquakes in western China occur within the diffuse Indo-Eurasian plate-boundary zone, which extends thousands of kilometers into Asia. Earthquakes in eastern China mainly occur within the North China block, which is part of the Archean Sino-Korean craton that has been thermally rejuvenated since late Mesozoic. Here, we summarize...