A History of Persian Earthquakes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Persian Earthquakes write by N. N. Ambraseys. This book was released on 2005-11-10. A History of Persian Earthquakes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A study of the historical seismicity of Iran over the last thirteen centuries.
Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau
Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau write by Manuel Berberian. This book was released on 2014-06-23. Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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. - 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
Earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East
Earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East write by Nicholas Ambraseys. This book was released on 2009-10-22. Earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Tectonic Evolution, Collision, and Seismicity of Southwest Asia
Tectonic Evolution, Collision, and Seismicity of Southwest Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tectonic Evolution, Collision, and Seismicity of Southwest Asia write by Rasoul Sorkhabi. This book was released on 2017-12-21. Tectonic Evolution, Collision, and Seismicity of Southwest Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Southwest Asia is one of the most remarkable regions on Earth in terms of active faulting and folding, large-magnitude earthquakes, volcanic landscapes, petroliferous foreland basins, historical civilizations as well as geologic outcrops that display the protracted and complex 540 m.y. stratigraphic record of Earth's Phanerozoic Era. Emerged from the birth and demise of the Paleo-Tethys and Neo-Tethys oceans, southwest Asia is currently the locus of ongoing tectonic collision between the Eurasia-Arabia continental plates. The region is characterized by the high plateaus of Iran and Anatolia fringed by the lofty ranges of Zagros, Alborz, Caucasus, Taurus, and Pontic mountains; the region also includes the strategic marine domains of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Caspian, and Mediterranean. This 19-chapter volume, published in honor of Manuel Berberian, a preeminent geologist from the region, brings together a wealth of new data, analyses, and frontier research on the geologic evolution, collisional tectonics, active deformation, and historical and modern seismicity of key areas in southwest Asia.
Ferdowsi, the Mongols and the History of Iran
Ferdowsi, the Mongols and the History of Iran - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ferdowsi, the Mongols and the History of Iran write by Robert Hillenbrand. This book was released on 2013-11-18. Ferdowsi, the Mongols and the History of Iran available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation Iran's rich cultural heritage has been shaped over many centuries by its rich and eventful history. This impressive book, which assembles contributions by some of the world's most eminent historians, art historians and other scholars of the Iranian world, explores the history of the country through the prism of Persian literature, art and culture. The result is a seminal work which illuminates important, yet largely neglected, aspects of Medieval and Early Modern Iran and the Middle East. Its scope, from the era of Ferdowsi, Iran's national epic poet and the author of the Shahnameh to the period of the Mongols, Timurids, Safavids, Zands and Qajars, examines the interaction between mythology, history, historiography, poetry, painting and craftwork in the long narrative of the Persianate experience. As such, Ferdowsi, the Mongols and the History of Iran is essential reading and a reference point for students and scholars of Iranian history, Persian literature and the arts of the Islamic World.
