Historical Seismology : Interdisciplinary Studies of Past and Recent Earthquakes - Fréchet, Julien; Meghraoui, Mustapha; Stucchi, Massimiliano; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Introduction: Jean Vogt Heritage, Learning from the Past -- Jean Vogt 1929-2005: His Life as a Seismologist, Geologist, Geographer, and Historian -- Comprendre et compléter un catalogue de séismes: le cas de Trinidad -- Descriptive Catalogues of Historical Earthquakes in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East; Revisited -- Reappraisal of Historical Earthquake Information -- A Glimpse into the Seismicity of the Ionian Islands Between 1658 and 1664 -- Investigation of pre-1700 Earthquakes Between the Adda and the Middle Adige River Basins (Southern Alps) -- Past and Future of Historical Seismicity Studies in France -- Review of Historical Earthquakes in the Lower Middle Ages: Earthquakes of the XIV and XV Centuries in Catalonia (NE Spain) -- Strong Earthquakes in North-Western Africa in the Second Half of the 17th Century, AD: A Critical Reappraisal of the Historical Evidence -- Case Studies, New Data and Critical Analysis -- The Case for Large M > 7 Earthquakes Felt in the UK in Historical Times -- The 18 September 1692 Earthquake in the Belgian Ardenne and Its Aftershocks -- The 1855 Visp (Switzerland) Earthquake: A Milestone in Macroseismic Methodology? -- In Troubled Times, in a Divided Country: The 1789 Valtiberina Earthquake -- Review of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake Based on Recent Analyses of Historical Observations -- Quantifying Historical Earthquakes, Effects, Intensity, Magnitude, Seismograms -- Earthquake Effects on Nature and Macroseismic Intensity Scales -- What is the Lowest Magnitude Threshold at Which an Earthquake can be Felt or Heard, or Objects Thrown into the Air? -- Attenuation of Intensity for the Zemmouri Earthquake of 21 May 2003 (Mw 6.8): Insights for the Seismic Hazard and Historical Earthquake Sources in Northern Algeria -- Large 19th Century Earthquakes in Eastern/Central North America: A Comparative Analysis -- Magnitude of Historical Earthquakes, from Macroseismic Data to Seismic Waveform Modelling: Application to the Pyrenees and a 1905 Earthquake in the Alps -- Quantitative Analysis of Early Seismograph Recordings -- Making Non-Digitally-Recorded Seismograms Accessible Online for Studying Earthquakes.
Keywords: Geophysics; Geotechnical engineering; Historical geology; Earth sciences; Physical geography; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Historical Geology; Earth Sciences, general; Physical Geography