Buch, Englisch, 776 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1080 g
Buch, Englisch, 776 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1080 g
ISBN: 978-0-444-63292-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology
This work is a valuable technical survey and an essential reference for understanding seismic hazard analysis and earthquake risk minimization in earthquake-prone developing and developed countries throughout the world.
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Earth scientists, earthquake geologists, seismologists, geotechnical and civil engineers, land-use planners, and earthquake hazard analysts
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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One: Earthquake Hazard Warning in Oral Tradition and Literature on the Iranian Plateau1. Place Names and Linguistic Traces Referring to Pre-Historic Earthquakes; Earthquake Hazard Warning in Oral Traditions2. Earthquake Myths3. Earthquakes and Religious Thoughts4. Ancient Earthquake Theories5. Earthquake Folklores and Legends6. Earthquakes in Epic Literature7. Earthquake Poems and Chronogrammatic Verses8. Earthquake Related InscriptionsPart Two: Dynamic Phenomena Associated with the Earthquakes on the Iranian Plateau9. Active Tectonics and Geologic Setting of the Iranian Plateau10. Archaeoseismicity11. Pre-1900 Coseismic Surface Faulting12. 1900-1963 Coseismic Surface Faulting13. 1964-1997 Coseismic Surface Faulting14. 1998-2013 Coseismic Surface Faulting15. Coseismic Blind-Fault Related Flexural-Slip Folding and Faulting at the Surface16. Patterns of the Historical Earthquake Ruptures on the Iranian Plateau17. Earthquake History of the Iranian PlateauReferences