Catalogues of historical earthquakes in Italy
A complete survey of historical earthquake investigation in Italy cannot be compressed into a few pages, since it would entail making a summary of widely different phases of research (performed by past scholars and by contemporary scientists and ...
R. Camassi
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Historical earthquake research in Austria
Austria has a moderate seismicity, and on average the population feels 40 earthquakes per year or approximately three earthquakes per month. A severe earthquake with light building damage is expected roughly every 2 to 3 years in Austria.
Christa Hammerl
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Impact of earthquakes on agriculture during the Roman–Byzantine period from pollen records of the Dead Sea laminated sediment [PDF]
The Dead Sea region holds the archives of a complex relationship between an ever-changing nature and ancient civilisations. Regional pollen diagrams show a Roman–Byzantine period standing out in the recent millennia by its wetter climate that allowed ...
Marco, S +3 more
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On historical earthquakes in Switzerland: summary of compilations and investigations
Studies of historical earthquakes in Switzerland are contained in monographs, chronological collections of effects and parametric catalogues. The systematic collection of macroseismic material started with the creation of the Swiss Seismological ...
G. Schwarz-Zanetti, D. Mayer-Rosa
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Palaeolimnology of Lake Sapanca and identification of historic earthquake signals, Northern Anatolian Fault Zone (Turkey) [PDF]
Lake Sapanca is located on a strand of the Northern Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ, Turkey), where a series of strong earthquakes (Ms >6.0) have occurred over the past hundred years. Identifying prehistoric earthquakes in and around Lake Sapanca is key to a
Werner, P +6 more
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Earthquake analysis of Historical Basdurak Mosque
Masonry historical monuments that connecting the past and the present are of major importance in terms of reflecting the knowledge and property of different cultures. This explains that why the protection of historic monuments is so important. The preservation of the historical monuments that constitute our historical and cultural heritage is only ...
BOZDAĞ, ÖZGÜR, Usta, Pinar
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Predicting earthquakes: The Mw9.0 Tohoku Earthquake and historical earthquakes in Northeastern Japan [PDF]
A magnitude 7.3 foreshock occurred two days before the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku Earthquake. The energy release of earthquakes within two days after the M7.3 earth- quake is obviously different from the aftershocks of the Mw9.0 earthquake. But guided by historical earthquake experience, seismologists regarded the M7.3 earthquake as the main shock rather ...
Liu, Jifu, Zhou, Yongsheng
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Distinguishing damages from two earthquakes —Archaeoseismology of a Crusader castle (Al-Marqab citadel, Syria) [PDF]
Damages from two major earthquakes are identified in medieval Al-Marqab citadel (Latin: Margat) in coastal Syria. Built by the Order of St. John (Hospitallers) in the twelfth–thirteenth centuries, the hilltop fortification has masonry walls made with and
Balázs Major +3 more
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A survey of the past earthquakesin the Eastern Adriatic (14th to early 19th century)
Focusing on the Eastern Adriatic region, from Zadar in the north to Corfu in the south, the background information supporting our knowledge of the seismicity in the time-span 14th to early 19th century is discussed from the point of view of the ...
P. Albini
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Historical seismicity of the Faroe Islands
A study is presented of the historical seismicity of the Faroe Islands, an area of low seismicity where no previous search for historical earthquakes was ever made.
H. Ziska, T. Mikkelsen, R. M. W. Musson
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