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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Great 1667 Dalmatia Earthquake
    sub title: An In-Depth Case Study
  name:
    name part: Albini, Paola.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XVIII, 95 p. 32 illus., 22 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book seeks to provide a comprehensive reconstruction of the 1667 Dalmatia earthquake phenomenon on the basis of eyewitness testimony. At the same time, one of the distinctive features of this book is that the earthquake observations are treated and arranged in time and space so as to provide earthquake data on the macroseismic intensity, which might be used in seismic hazard and risk studies. On April 6, 1667 a devastating earthquake struck the southernmost region of Dalmatia (Croatia). Most of the affected area at that time belonged to the independent Republic of Ragusa, the capital of which was the town of Ragusa, today Dubrovnik. The 1667 earthquake left behind a lasting scar on the history and life of the Republic, as it was the catalyst of a serious financial crisis. Both the economic and more general consequences of this earthquake have been discussed in historiographical and seismological essays in late 20th-century works. This book seeks to provide a comprehensive reconstruction of the 1667 Dalmatia earthquake phenomenon on the basis of eyewitness testimony. At the same time, one of the distinctive features of this book is that the earthquake observations are treated and arranged in time and space so as to provide earthquake data on the macroseismic intensity, which might be used in seismic hazard and risk studies. The book is also intended as an extensive case history, which allows the author to include some guidelines on how to approach the study of a past earthquake and proceed to its full seismological interpretation. In this respect, a unique feature of the book is the comprehensive and detailed analysis of the original documentary sources in their proper context, effectively combining the interpretative approaches of history and seismology.
  table of contents: Introduction -- 1. On the eve of the Earthquake -- 1.1 Setting the stage -- 1.2 Previous studies -- 1.3 Research without borders -- 2. The Earthquake Observers -- 2.1 Accounts and Perspectives -- 2.2 Breaking news -- 2.3 One last observation -- 3. And the Earth began to Quake -- 3.1 When -- 3.2 Where and how Intense -- 3.3 In Seismological Terms -- Epilogue.
  note: by Paola Albini.
  subject:
    topic: Earth sciences
  subject:
    topic: Culture
    topic: Study and teaching
  subject:
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Natural disasters
  subject:
    topic: Physical geography
  subject:
    topic: Earth Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Natural Hazards
  subject:
    topic: Regional and Cultural Studies
  subject:
    topic: History, general
  subject:
    topic: Earth System Sciences
  classification: GB5000-5030
  classification: 551
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
  identifier: 9783319162089
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16208-9
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    record creation date: 150403
    record change date: 20151204154553.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-16208-9