McCalpin J. (ed), Paleoseismology

2nd Ed. International Geophysics Series, 2009, Volume 95. Academic Press, New York, London, 2009. – 801 pp.
This edition represents a major revision and expansion of the 1996 edition, in order to respond to the explosive growth of paleoseismic research in the past 13 years. The team of 1st-Edition contributors has updated their respective chapters and, with 13 more years of experience, provide a somewhat more integrated, global, and (hopefully) mature view of their subjects than in the 1st Edition.
The period 1996–2009 included numerous deadly earthquakes worldwide on faults that had not experienced significant historic seismicity, and which could only have been recognized and characterized with the tools of paleoseismology. Almost all of these deadly earthquakes were triggered by reverse faults, many of them blind thrusts. Therefore, we added new material to this 2nd Edition on how to identify and characterize coseismic folding and blind thrusting, using paleoseismic methods. Another recent need has arisen, due to a worldwide energy crisis, for paleoseismic investigations as part of Seismic Hazard Assessments (SHA) of all types for energy projects such as power plants (including nuclear), dams, pipelines, and waste disposal sites (also nuclear).Appendix
Introduction to Paleoseismology
Field Techniques in Paleoseismology— Terrestrial Environments
Sub-Aqueous Paleoseismology
Paleoseismology in Extensional Tectonic Environments
Paleoseismology of Volcanic Environments
Paleoseismology of Compressional Tectonic Environments
Paleoseismology of Strike-Slip Tectonic Environments
Using Liquefaction-Induced and Other Soft-Sediment Features for Paleoseismic Analysis
Using Landslides for Paleoseismic Analysis
Application of Paleoseismic Data to Seismic Hazard Assessment and Neotectonic ResearchSubject Index