Active tectonics of the Hellenic subduction zone

• Main Author: Shaw, Beth (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Springer Theses
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; History.; Geology.; Historical geology.; Structural geology.; Geophysics.; Natural disasters.; Earth Sciences.; Structural Geology.; Natural Hazards.; Historical Geology.; History, general.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

This thesis is remarkable for the wide range of the techniques and observations used and for its insights, which cross several disciplines. It begins by solving a famous puzzle of the ancient world, which is what was responsible for the tsunami that destroyed settlements in the eastern Mediterranean...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The AD 365 earthquake: large tsunamigenic earthquakes in the Hellenic Trench
• Earthquakes in the Eastern Mediterranean
• Radiometric dating of uplifted marine fauna in Crete and Central Greece
• Geomorphology
• Conclusions
• Appendices
• References.