The history of the practice of earthquake geology extends more than a century into the past, but it is still only a fledgling field as a modern discipline. In fact, most of what we know has been learned only in the past quarter century. And so it is not surprising that this textbook is the first attempt to survey systematically the purposes, methods, and scientific principles of the geological investigation of earthquakes. Our impetus for writing this book was, in part, the frustration we felt in teaching, year after year, earthquake geology classes without the benefit of a textbook.

Electrical Resistivity (ER) is a non-destructive geophysical method for geotechnical and geoenvironmental investigation. This technique is promising in producing soil moisture map and obtaining subsoil profile information. Additionally, the saturated and unsaturated soil parameters can be evaluated through the electrical resistivity method. The saturated and unsaturated soil properties are critical parameters for earthen infrastructure design, especially the landfill bottom liners and top covers, whereas the soil hydraulic properties play a significant role in the overall performance.

This book presents different aspects of earthquake research. In includes syntheses of recent works combined with new results and interpretations, applicable to diverse branches of earthquake seismology and geology. 
The destructive potential of earthquakes depends on their magnitude and the placement of the hypocenter. Worldwide efforts, such as the Global Seismographic Network of seismological and geophysical sensors and data centers, provides information that is essential to identify earthquake locations, understand the physics of the earthquakes and faulting mechanisms, as well as studies on paleoseismicity and earthquakes in the human history.

Hazards are processes that produce danger to human life and infrastructure. Risks are the potential or possibilities that something bad will happen because of the hazards. Disasters are that quite unpleasant result of the hazard occurrence that caused destruction of lives and infrastructure. Hazards, risks, and disasters have been coming under increasing strong scientific scrutiny in recent decades as a result of a combination of numerous unfortunate factors, many of which are quite out of control as a result of human actions.

Монография посвящена некоторым вопросам математического моделирования объемной активности радона как предвестника сильных землетрясений Камчатки. Радон — инертный радиоактивный газ, непрерывно регистрируемый газоразрядными счётчиками, устанавливаемыми в специальных накопительных камерах. В рамках теории эманационного метода мониторинг изменения концентрации газа радона в подпочвенном, атмосферном воздухе и в воде является одним из методов изучения процессов, происходящих в земной коре при подготовке очага землетрясения.

Im Innern der Erde vollziehen sich großräumige Bewegungsabläufe, die in der festen äußeren Gesteinshülle zu Spannungskonzentrationen führen. Überschreiten die elastischen Spannungen die Festigkeit des Materials, so kommt es zum Bruchvorgang und damit zur Auslösung eines Erdbebens. Erdbeben sind also Ausdruck einer aktiven Tektonik in geologisch mobilen Zonen der Erde. 

The field of geotechnical earthquake engineering, like the related fields of engineering seismology and structural earthquake engineering in the broad discipline of earthquake engineering, has advanced dramatically since the first edition of this book was published. Advances have come with the occurrence and investigation of numerous earthquakes, both small and large, with the massive increases in computational power now at the hands of engineers and scientists, and with advances in the analytical tools that leverage those computational capabilities.

В горных районах, большей частью характеризующихся высокой сейсмической опасностью, находится значительное количество промышленных и гражданских зданий, гидротехнических сооружений и объектов транспортной инфраструктуры, создающих различные виды антропогенного воздействия на природную среду. Интенсификация урбанизации, образование крупных городов и городских агломераций, увеличение объемов промышленного производства, а также рост населения связаны с интенсивным использованием ограниченных земельных, водных и минеральных ресурсов.

Earthquakes rank among the most destructive manifestations of the Earth’s dynamics. Can they be predicted? This is often the first question students ask. To answer that right away: no, at present it is not possible to anticipate the date, site and magnitude of future seismic events. However, there does exist a general framework to describe observations related to earthquakes and understand the processes that lead to their occurrence: the seismic cycle. 

Устойчивое развитие территорий Азово-Черноморского побережья Краснодарского края во многом определяется способностью обеспечить безопасность жизнедеятельности в районах повышенной сейсмической и геодинамической активности. Это особенно актуально для ТуапсинскоСочинской, Анапо-Новороссийской и Керченско-Таманской сейсмоактивных зон, где растёт плотность населения, возведены сооружения Олимпийского комплекса, строится транспортный переход через Керченский пролив, наращиваются мощности портовых сооружений и трубопроводов.