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Historical Seismology Interdisciplinary Studies of Past and Recent Earthquakes /

Modern seismology has faced new challenges in the study of earthquakes and their physical characteristics. This volume is dedicated to the use of new approaches and presents a state of the art in historical seismology. Selected historical and recent earthquakes are chosen to document and constrain r...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Fréchet, Julien (Editor ), Meghraoui, Mustapha (Editor ), Stucchi, Massimiliano (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences, 2
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Jean Vogt Heritage, Learning from the Past
  • Jean Vogt 1929-2005: His Life as a Seismologist, Geologist, Geographer, and Historian
  • Comprendre et compléter un catalogue de séismes: le cas de Trinidad
  • Descriptive Catalogues of Historical Earthquakes in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East; Revisited
  • Reappraisal of Historical Earthquake Information
  • A Glimpse into the Seismicity of the Ionian Islands Between 1658 and 1664
  • Investigation of pre-1700 Earthquakes Between the Adda and the Middle Adige River Basins (Southern Alps)
  • Past and Future of Historical Seismicity Studies in France
  • Review of Historical Earthquakes in the Lower Middle Ages: Earthquakes of the XIV and XV Centuries in Catalonia (NE Spain)
  • Strong Earthquakes in North-Western Africa in the Second Half of the 17th Century, AD: A Critical Reappraisal of the Historical Evidence
  • Case Studies, New Data and Critical Analysis
  • The Case for Large M > 7 Earthquakes Felt in the UK in Historical Times
  • The 18 September 1692 Earthquake in the Belgian Ardenne and Its Aftershocks
  • The 1855 Visp (Switzerland) Earthquake: A Milestone in Macroseismic Methodology?
  • In Troubled Times, in a Divided Country: The 1789 Valtiberina Earthquake
  • Review of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake Based on Recent Analyses of Historical Observations
  • Quantifying Historical Earthquakes, Effects, Intensity, Magnitude, Seismograms
  • Earthquake Effects on Nature and Macroseismic Intensity Scales
  • What is the Lowest Magnitude Threshold at Which an Earthquake can be Felt or Heard, or Objects Thrown into the Air?
  • Attenuation of Intensity for the Zemmouri Earthquake of 21 May 2003 (Mw 6.8): Insights for the Seismic Hazard and Historical Earthquake Sources in Northern Algeria
  • Large 19th Century Earthquakes in Eastern/Central North America: A Comparative Analysis
  • Magnitude of Historical Earthquakes, from Macroseismic Data to Seismic Waveform Modelling: Application to the Pyrenees and a 1905 Earthquake in the Alps
  • Quantitative Analysis of Early Seismograph Recordings
  • Making Non-Digitally-Recorded Seismograms Accessible Online for Studying Earthquakes.