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Earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East : a multidisciplinary study of seismicity up to 1900 /
"This book uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine historical evidence from the last 2000 years to analyse earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East." "Early chapters review techniques of historical seismology, while the main body of the book comprises a catalogue...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Earthquake risk; Area of study; A note on transliteration; A note on chronology; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Macroseismic information; 1.1 A brief description and evaluation of documentary and archaeological source material; Archaeological data; Epigraphs and inscriptions; Literary sources; Later periods; 1.2 Descriptive and parametric catalogues; 1.3 Archaeoseismology; 2 Evaluation of macroseismic data; 2.1 Topographical material; 2.2 The value of local information; 2.3 Field studies; 2.3.1 Coseismic faulting
- 2.3.2 Transient ground motion close to the fault2.3.3 Fault creep; 2.4 The effect of earthquakes on local houses; 2.4.1 Vulnerability of structures; 2.4.2 Vulnerability of the ground: landslides; 2.5 Assessment of intensity; 2.5.1 Earthquake intensity scales; 2.5.2 Loss of life in historical earthquakes; 2.6 The use of earthquake intensity; 2.6.1 Intensity distribution and isoseismal maps; 2.7 Seismic sea waves; 3 Catalogue of earthquakes; 3.1 Notes on the descriptive catalogue; 3.2 Descriptive catalogue; 2100-1700 BC Sodom, Judaea; Notes; 4 Evaluation of instrumental data
- 4.1 Regional tectonics4.2 Instrumental data and regional seismicity; 4.2.1 Location of earthquakes; 4.3 The calculation of magnitude; 4.3.1 Seismic moment; 4.4 Semi-empirical assessment of magnitude; 5 Long-term seismicity; 5.1 Distribution of seismic activity: qualitative evaluation; 5.2 Frequency-magnitude distribution and slip rate; 5.2.1 The Dead Sea Fault Zone; 5.2.2 The Sea of Marmara; 5.2.3 The Gulf of Corinth; 5.3 Conclusion; 6 Future challenges; 6.1 Consequences of earthquakes; 6.2 Earthquake prediction; References; Index