Ancient earthquakes / edited by Manuel Sintubin [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sintubin, M.

Geological Society of America.

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 471.

Special paper ; 471

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleoseismology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2010.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Dynamic landscapes and human evolution / Geoffrey C.P. King and Geoffrey N. Bailey

Tectonic environments of ancient civilizations : opportunities for archaeoseismological and anthropological studies / Eric R. Force and Bruce G. McFadgen

Door knockers of Mansurah : strong shaking in a region of low perceived seismic risk, Sindh, Pakistan / Roger Bilham and Sarosh Lodi

San Antonio de Mucuñó, Mérida Andes, Venezuela : relocation of a doctrine town following the 1674 earthquake / Jaime Laffaille, Franck Audemard M., and Miguel Alvarado

New interpretations of the social and material impacts of the 1812 earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela / Rogelio Altez

Impact of the 1157 and 1170 Syrian earthquakes on Crusader

Muslim politics and military affairs / Kate Raphael

Western Crete : from Captain Spratt to modern archaeoseismology / Manolis I. Stefanakis

Earthquake archaeology in Japan : an overview / Gina L. Barnes

Historical earthquake catalogues and archaeological data : achieving synthesis without circular reasoning / John D. Rucker and Tina M. Niemi

Historical earthquakes in Srinagar, Kashmir : clues from the Shiva Temple at Pandrethan / Roger Bilham [and others]

Earthquakes and civilizations of the Indus Valley : a challenge for archaeoseismology / Robert L. Kovach, Kelly Grijalva, and Amos Nur

Comparing semiquantitative logic trees for archaeoseismology and paleoseismology : the Baelo Claudia (southern Spain) case study / Christoph Grützner, Klaus Reicherter, and Pablo G. Silva

Long-term effect of seismic activities on archaeological remains : a test study from Zakynthos, Greece / Melek Tendürüs, Gert Jan van Wijngaarden, and Henk Kars

Assessment of seismically induced damage using LIDAR : the ancient city of Pinara (SW Turkey) as a case study / Bariș Yerli [and others]

Ancient earthquakes from archaeoseismic evidence during the Visigothic and Islamic periods in the archaeological site of "Tolmo de Minateda" (SE Spain) / M.A. Rodríguez-Pascua [and others]

Distinguishing damages from two earthquakes

archaeoseismology of a Crusader castle (Al-Marqab citadel, Syria) / Miklós Kázmér and Balázs Major

Archaeoseismological studies at the temple of Amenhotep III, Luxor, Egypt / Arkadi Karakhanyan, Ara Avagyan, and Hourig Sourouzian

Archaeological evidence for Roman-age faulting in central-northern Sicily : possible effects of coseismic deformation / Giovanni Barreca [and others]

Faulting of the Roman aqueduct of Venafrum (southern Italy) : methods of investigation, results, and seismotectonic implications / Paolo A.C. Galli [and others]

Timing of earthquake ruptures at the Al Harif Roman aqueduct (Dead Sea fault, Syria) from archaeoseismology and paleoseismology / Mohamed Reda Sbeinati . [and others]

Offset archaeological relics in the western part of the Büyük Menderes graben (western Turkey) and their tectonic implications / Önder Yönlü [and others].

Notes:

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Ancient earthquakes.

OCLC:

748679245

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