Guest Editorial: Special Issue on “Lithosphere Dynamics and Earthquake Hazard Forecasting”

Abstract

Brilliant scientific ideas coupled with quantitative modelling and laboratory experiments have determined progress in seismology and geodynamics for the last several decades. Methods of nonlinear geophysics, inverse problems, mathematical statistics, extreme theory and data analysis have improved knowledge of the structure of the Earth's lithosphere, earthquake generation, predictability, and seismic hazards.This Special Issue of Surveys in Geophysics "Lithosphere Dynamics and Earthquake Hazard Forecasting" is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Professor Vladimir (Volodya) Keilis-Borok (1921-2013, a distinguished mathematical geophysicist. For more than 60 years, the topics of seismology, nonlinear dynamics of the lithosphere, and earthquake prediction were central in Keilis-Borok's research. His scientific contributions covered many challenging areas and problems, including