Archaeological evidences of past earthquakes: A contribution to the SHA of Thessaly, Central Greece

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-222

  Caputo, Riccardo ^a   Helly, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b Maison de L 'Orient Méditerranéen Jean Pouilloux ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Archaeoseismology; Byzantine; Earthquakes; Hellenistic; Historical seismology; Larissa

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOSEISMOLOGY; BYZANTINE; HELLENISTIC; LARISSA; LATEST PLEISTOCENE; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 33749026816     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632460509350539     Document Type: Article

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