Earthquake geology: science, society and critical facilities

Earthquake geology: science, society and critical facilities

Earthquake geology studies the effects, the mechanics and the impacts of earthquakes in the geological environment. Its role is also to decode the fault history, therefore its approach is fault specific and its outcomes are of decisive value for seismic hazard assessment and planning. The term Earth...

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Main Authors: Christoph Grützner, Salvatore Barba, Ioannis Papanikolaou, Raul Pérez-López
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) 2014-02-01
Series:Annals of Geophysics
Subjects:
Earthquake geology
Science
Society
Critical facilities
Online Access:http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/6503
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Summary:Earthquake geology studies the effects, the mechanics and the impacts of earthquakes in the geological environment. Its role is also to decode the fault history, therefore its approach is fault specific and its outcomes are of decisive value for seismic hazard assessment and planning. The term Earthquake geology includes aspects of modern instrumental studies, tectonics and structural geology, historical surface deformation and tectonic geomorphology, whereas paleoseismology is considered part of earthquake geology [...].
ISSN:1593-5213
2037-416X

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