The Great 1667 Dalmatia Earthquake An In-Depth Case Study /

• Main Author: Albini, Paola (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Culture > Study and teaching.; History.; Natural disasters.; Physical geography.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; History, general.; Earth System Sciences.

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 ea...

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.