Earthquake Monitoring and Seismic Hazard Mitigation in Balkan Countries: 81 (Nato Science Series: IV:) - Tapa blanda

<P>THE BALKANS ARE SEISMICALLY THE MOST ACTIVE PART OF EUROPE DUE TO PLATE INTERACTIONS IN THE AEGEAN SEA. THIS BOOK GIVES A GOOD ACCOUNT OF PAST, PRESENT AND LIKELY FUTURE SEISMOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA. IT DESCRIBES THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION AND ON-GOING GEODYNAMIC DEFORMATIONS. COVERAGE ALSO DISCUSSES EARTHQUAKE HAZARD ANALYSIS, TOPOGRAPHIC SITE EFFECTS, AND EXAMINES LARGE EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS IN THE AEGEAN AND THE MARMARA SEAS AS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF SUCH PROCEDURES.</P>