TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ambraseys,N.N.
TI  - Earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East: a multidisciplinary study of seismicity up to 1900 
SN  - 9781139195430 (ebook)
AV  - QE536.2.M43 A43 2009
U1  - 551.2209182/2 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Earthquakes
KW  - Mediterranean Region
KW  - History
KW  - Middle East
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - This book examines historical evidence from the last 2000 years to analyse earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Early chapters review techniques of historical seismology, while the main body of the book comprises a catalogue of more than 4000 earthquakes identified from historical sources. Each event is supported by textual evidence extracted from primary sources and translated into English. Covering southern Rumania, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq, the book documents past seismic events, places them in a broad tectonic framework, and provides essential information for those attempting to prepare for, and mitigate the effects of, future earthquakes and tsunamis in these countries. This volume is an indispensable reference for researchers studying the seismic history of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, including archaeologists, historians, earth scientists, engineers and earthquake hazard analysts. A parametric catalogue of these seismic events can be downloaded from www.cambridge.org/9780521872928
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139195430
ER  -