EARTHQUAKES&COSEISMIC FAULTING ON IRANIAN PLATEAU

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EARTHQUAKES&COSEISMIC FAULTING ON IRANIAN PLATEAU

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ELSEVIER PUBLISHING JUNE 2014:

EARTHQUAKES AND COSEISMIC SURFACE FAULTING ON THE IRANIAN PLATEAU, 1st Edition

Author : M Berberian
Expected Release Date: 25 Jun 2014
Imprint: Elsevier
Print Book ISBN :9780444632920
Pages: 770
Dimensions: 229 X 152
A unique, wide-angle approach to earthquakes and their effects

KEY FEATURES:
• Provides a reference for seismic hazard evaluation and analysis
• Covers data dealing with crustal deformations caused by earthquake faulting and folding since historic times
• Presents unique and complete data for use in empirical relation analyses in all regions

DESCRIPTION:
Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau is a comprehensive and well-illustrated multi-disciplinary research work that analyzes the human and physical aspects of the active faults and large-magnitude earthquakes since ancient times on the Iranian Plateau. The long-term historical, archaeological, and sociological record of earthquakes discussed here gives insight into earthquake magnitudes, recurrences, fault segmentation, clustering, and patterns of coseismic ruptures from prehistoric times to the present. The first part of the book examines oral traditions and literature of the region concerned with earthquakes, particularly in folklore, epic literature, and theology. The second part assesses dynamic phenomena associated with earthquakes, including active tectonics, archaeoseismicity, and coseismic surface faulting throughout the twentieth century.
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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau, 1st Edition
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Earthquake Hazard Warning in Oral Tradition and Literature on the Iranian Plateau
1. Place Names and Linguistic Traces Referring to Pre-Historic Earthquakes; Earthquake Hazard Warning in Oral Traditions
2. Earthquake Myths
3. Earthquakes and Religious Thoughts
4. Ancient Earthquake Theories
5. Earthquake Folklores and Legends
6. Earthquakes in Epic Literature
7. Earthquake Poems and Chronogrammatic Verses
8. Earthquake Related Inscriptions
Part Two: Dynamic Phenomena Associated with the Earthquakes on the Iranian Plateau
9. Active Tectonics and Geologic Setting of the Iranian Plateau
10. Archaeoseismicity
11. Pre-1900 Coseismic Surface Faulting
12. 1900-1963 Coseismic Surface Faulting
13. 1964-1997 Coseismic Surface Faulting
14. 1998-2013 Coseismic Surface Faulting
15. Coseismic Blind-Fault Related Flexural-Slip Folding and Faulting at the Surface
16. Patterns of the Historical Earthquake Ruptures on the Iranian Plateau
17. Earthquake History of the Iranian Plateau
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