Overview

The main objective of this volume is to evaluate existing knowledge and evidence of active faulting and historical/prehistoric earthquakes in the wider Caucasus area, and to assess the impact on the evaluation of seismic hazard. The seismological interest in the Caucasus lies in the availability of historical records documenting a long history of devastating earthquakes, coupled with advanced knowledge of the seismotectonics and active faulting beneath the former USSR and supplemented by recent instrumental programmes, including extensive satellite geodesy surveys. It is also interesting to compare various approaches to seismic hazards developed in different cultures (USSR, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran). In addition, the area presents a textbook case for the implementation of improved building construction codes and for the protection of critical facilities, including the nuclear power plants in Armenia and the Crimea.

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Author:   D. Giardini ,  Serguei Balassanian
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1997 ed.
Volume:   28
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.140kg
ISBN:  

9780792346142

ISBN 10:   0792346149
Pages:   545
Publication Date:   31 July 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Seismogenesis and destructive earthquakes in the Caucasus.- Seismotectonics of the Mediterranean Region and the Caucasus.- Convergence between Eurasia and Arabia in Estern Turkey and the Caucasus.- GPS constraints on fault slip rates in the Arabia-Africa-Eurasia plate collision zone: implications for earthquake recurrence times.- Recent upper crust geodynamics of central Asia.- Seismotectonics of the Caucasus.- Seismotectonic deformation in the Caucasus.- Modern approaches in paleoseismology.- World map of active fauts, their seismic and environmental effects.- Active faults and strong earthquakes of the Armenian upland.- An investigation of some historical earthquakes and paleoseismic sources in Iran.- Catalogue of large historical earthquakes of the Caucasus.- Seismic Sources of the Trancaucasian Historical Earthquakes.- The catalogue of strong earthquakes in the territory of Armenia and adjacent Regions.- Historical Seismology Research in the Caucasus: methodological aspects and some resuls.- Building up a parametric earthquake catalogue in Europe: the historical bachground.- Strong historical earthquakes in the Armenian upland: new data and elaboration of a technique.- Analysing and improving supporting data set of the Akhalkalak, December 31, 1899, earthquake.- Recent great earthquakes of the Caucasus Region.- A regional instrumental earthquake catalogue for the Caucasus.- Seismic patterns in Armenian upland.- Results of stress field investigation in the territory of Armenia and adjacent regions.- Model of seismicity for the Caucasus test area.- On the identification and Seismological parameterization of earthquake source zones.- Earthquake Activity and Hazard Mitigation in Iran.- Seismological Research for the protection of urban areas: the Kobe lessons.

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