Investigation of seismic activity

Lev Eppelbaum; Boris Khesin

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-76619-3_9

Investigation of seismic activity

Lev Eppelbaum, Boris Khesin

School of the Environment and Earth Sciences

Tel Aviv University

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The Caucasus is one of the most active segments of the Alpine-Himalayan seismic belt (Khain 2000). The Caucasian region is characterized by intensive deformation and seismicity that accommodates the continental shortening between the Eurasian and Arabian plates, which are converging at a rate of about 30 mm/year (De Mets et al. 1990; Jackson 1992). The Caucasus is considered a key area for seismic hazard assessment for the following main reasons (Balassanian et al. 1999): (1) the active tectonics and seismicity rate of the whole area, (2) availability of abundant multi-disciplinary data and a long established tradition of hazard assessment, (3) the unique opportunity to test different methodologies in one test area.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences
Pages	337-357
Number of pages	21
Edition	9783540766186
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76619-3_9
State	Published - 2012

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