Synopses & Reviews
The main objective of this volume is to evaluate existing knowledge and evidence of active faulting and historical/prehistoric earthquakes in the wider Caucasus area, and to assess the impact on the evaluation of seismic hazard. The seismological interest in the Caucasus lies in the availability of historical records documenting a long history of devastating earthquakes, coupled with advanced knowledge of the seismotectonics and active faulting beneath the former USSR and supplemented by recent instrumental programmes, including extensive satellite geodesy surveys. It is also interesting to compare various approaches to seismic hazards developed in different cultures (USSR, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran). In addition, the area presents a textbook case for the implementation of improved building construction codes and for the protection of critical facilities, including the nuclear power plants in Armenia and the Crimea.
Table of Contents
Preface. Seismogenesis and Destructive Earthquakes in the Caucasus; S.Y. Balassanian. Seismotectonics of the Mediterranean Region and the Caucasus; A. Cisternas, H. Philip. Convergence Between Eurasia and Arabia in Eastern Turkey and the Caucasus; J.A. Jackson, N.N. Ambraseys. GPS Constraints on Fault Slip Rates in the Arabia-Africa-Eurasia Plate Collision Zone: Implications for Earthquake Recurrence Times; R. Reilinger, A. Barka. Recent Upper Crust Geodynamics of Cental Asia; V.G. Trifonov, et al. Seismotectonics of the Caucasus; S.N. Nazaretian, et al. Seismotectonic Deformation in the Caucasus; E. Jibladze, et al. Modern Approaches in Paleoseismology; D. Pantosti. World Map of Active Faults, Their Seismic and Environmental Effects; V.G. Trifonov. Active Faults and Strong Earthquakes of the Armenian Upland; A.S. Karakhanian, et al. An Investigation of Some Historical Earthquakes and Paleoseismic Sources in Iran; K.T. Hessami, et al. Catalogue of Large Historical Earthquakes of the Caucasus; N.V. Shebalin, R.E. Tatevossian. Seismic Sources of the Transcaucasian Historical Earthquakes; M. Berberian. The Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in the Territory of Armenia and Adjacent Regions; S.A. Pirousian, et al. Historical Seismology Research in the Caucasus: Methodological Aspects and Some Results; E. Guidoboni. Building Up a Parametric Earthquake Catalogue in Europe: The Historical Background; M. Stucchi, R. Camassi. Strong Historical Earthquakes in the Armenian Upland: New Data and Elaboration of a Technique; R.A. Haroutiunian, et al. Analysing and Improving Supporting Data Set of the Akhalkalak, December 31, 1899, Earthquake; R.E. Tatevossian, et al. Recent Great Earthquakes of the Caucasus Region; L. Dorbath, A. Cisternas. A Regional Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue for the Caucasus; N.V. Kondorskaya, et al. Seismic Patterns in Armenian Upland; A.R. Arakelian, A.H. Martirossian. Results of Stress Field Investigation in the Territory of Armenia and Adjacent Regions; A.K. Tovmassian, et al. Model of Seismicity for the Caucasus Test Area; G.M. Molchan, T.L. Kronrod. On the Identification and Parameterization of Earthquake Source Zones; V.I. Ulomov. Earthquake Activity and Hazard Mitigation in Iran; M. Ghafory-Ashtiany, A.A. Eslami. Seismological Research for the Protection of Urban Areas: The Kobe Lessons.