The Great 1667 Dalmatia Earthquake An In-Depth Case Study
This book seeks to provide a comprehensive reconstruction of the 1667 Dalmatia earthquake phenomenon on the basis of eyewitness testimony. At the same time, one of the distinctive features of this book is that the earthquake observations are treated and a
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Paola Albini
The Great 1667 Dalmatia Earthquake An In-Depth Case Study
SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
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Paola Albini
The Great 1667 Dalmatia Earthquake An In-Depth Case Study
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Paola Albini Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia Milan Italy
Additional material for this book (Full text of 67 selected items on the 6 April 1667 Earthquake) is available at http://extras.springer.com ISSN 2191-5369 ISSN 2191-5377 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences ISBN 978-3-319-16207-2 ISBN 978-3-319-16208-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16208-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015933816 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
“How did it come about that you decided to write this book?” Earlier this apparently innocent question may have elicited a simpler, anecdotal answer. Now close to completing the manuscript, I have decided to give a well-considered response. This book is an attempt at describing the methodology that has developed to answer the questions posed by seismologists to historians about the earthquakes of the past. The main challenge faced by historical seismology, which is not the same as the history of earthquakes, is to reconstruct an earthquake, that is, its location, size and effects, by making use of the “non-seismological” data contained in the written records. Instrumentally reliable data on earthquakes, depending on the area of the world, span no more than 50 years, too short a period to grasp effectively the movements and behaviour of the faults. Can a historian reconstruct an earthquake? As the historian John Tosh wrote in his “The Pursuit of History”, one has to pose the right questions for the historical sources to accurately answe
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