Research Catalog

Title

The seismicity of Egypt, Arabia, and the Red Sea : a historical review / N.N. Ambraseys, C.P. Melville, and R.D. Adams.

Author

Ambraseys, N. N. (Nicholas Nicholas), 1929-

Publication

Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Melville, C. P. (Charles Peter), 1951-
• Adams, R. D. (Robin Dartrey), 1930-

Description

xix, 181 pages : illustrations, maps; 29 cm

Subject

• Earthquakes > Middle East > History > Chronology
• Earthquakes > Egypt > History > Chronology
• Earthquakes
• Erdbeben
• Geschichte
• Earthquakes > Middle East > History
• Earthquakes > Egypt > History
• Séismes > Mer Rouge > Histoire
• Séismes > Égypte > Histoire
• Séismes > Arabie > Histoire
• Egypt
• Middle East
• Afrika > Nordost
• Naher Osten

Genre/Form

• Chronologies.
• History.

Note

• "King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-172) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction. 1.1. Area of study. 1.2. Sources of macroseismic information. 1.3. Assessment of macroseismic data -- 2. Macroseismic information. 2.1. Descriptive catalogue of earthquakes (184 BC-AD 1992). 2.2. Catalogue of earthquakes (184 BC-AD 1899). 2.3. Unidentified events. 2.4. False and mislocated events -- 3. Instrumental information. 3.1. Instrumental coverage. 3.2. Reassessment techniques and derivation of the catalogue. 3.3. Catalogue of earthquakes (1899-1992). 3.4. Spurious and mislocated events -- 4. Conclusions. 4.1. Completeness of the historical earthquake catalogue. 4.2. Regional distribution of seismicity. 4.3. Seismicity of Egypt, Arabia and the Red Sea.

ISBN

• 0521391202
• 9780521391207
• 9780511524912
• 0511524919

LCCN

94000265

OCLC

• ocm29792074
• 29792074
• SCSB-2041958

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library