Earthquake hazard in Lebanon /

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Author / Creator:	Elnashai, A. S. (Amr S.)
Imprint:	London ; River Edge, NJ : Imperial College Press, ©2004.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 171 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Earthquake hazard analysis -- Lebanon. Earthquake hazard analysis. Lebanon. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11182835

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Other authors / contributors:	El-Khoury, Ramy.
ISBN:	9781848161177 1848161174 9781860944611 1860944612
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
Summary:	Annotation This book presents a comprehensive treatment of earthquake hazards in Lebanon and its vicinity. A thorough review of the tectonics of the region is given alongside a re-assessment of the historical and instrumental earthquake records, Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis is undertaken and hazard maps are presented in terms of peak ground parameters as well as spectral ordinates (acceleration and displacement). Owing to their significance to the economy of Lebanon, the three cities of Beirut, Sidon and Tripoli are subjected to site-specific earthquake hazard assessment. The maps provided are the best available estimates of seismic hazards in Lebanon and are recommended for use in risk assessment. Also, the basis and framework for similar studies in the Levant are given. The rigorous and pragmatic approach adopted by the authors renders the book accessible to design engineers and researchers alike.
Other form:	Print version: Elnashai, A.S. (Amr S.). Earthquake hazard in Lebanon. London ; River Edge, NJ : Imperial College Press, ©2004 9781860944611

Table of Contents:

Ch.1. Executive summaries. 1.1. Non-specialist. 1.2. Specialist
ch.2. Background to the study
ch.3. Earthquake hazard
preliminaries. 3.1 Active tectonics of the Levant and Dead Sea fault zone. 3.2 Historical seismicity. 3.3 Estimates of rates. 3.4 Twentieth century seismicity of the Levant and Lebanon
ch.4. Magnitude recurrence in Lebanon and adjacent regions
ch.5. Synthesis of seismicity and rate information
ch.6. Selection of attenuation relationship. 6.1. Peak ground acceleration (PGA). 6.2. Peak ground displacements (PGD). 6.3. Acceleration response spectra (SA). 6.4. Displacement response spectra (SD)
ch.7. Source zone modelling and recurrence relationship. 7.1. Completeness test. 7.2. Source zone modelling. 7.3. Dead Sea rift zone. 7.4. East Anatolian fault zone. 7.5. Yammouneh fault zone. 7.6. Maximum magnitudes
ch.8. Hazard maps. 8.1. Peak ground accelerations (PGA). 8.2. Peak ground displacements (PGD). 8.3. Spectral accelerations (SA) and spectral displacements (SD). ch.9. Site-specific hazard assessments. 9.1. City of Beirut. 9.2. City of Tripoli. 9.3. City of Sidon. ch.10. Deterministic assessment of seismic hazard. ch.11. Concluding remarks on seismic hazard in Lebanon.

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