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020			_a9783642208041 _9978-3-642-20804-1
024	7		_a10.1007/978-3-642-20804-1 _2doi
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100	1		_aShaw, Beth. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aActive tectonics of the Hellenic subduction zone _h[electronic resource] / _cby Beth Shaw.
264		1	_aBerlin, Heidelberg : _bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg, _c2012.
300			_aXIII, 169p. 103 illus., 77 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aSpringer Theses
505	0		_aIntroduction -- The AD 365 earthquake: large tsunamigenic earthquakes in the Hellenic Trench -- Earthquakes in the Eastern Mediterranean -- Radiometric dating of uplifted marine fauna in Crete and Central Greece -- Geomorphology -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- References.
520			_aThis thesis is remarkable for the wide range of the techniques and observations used and for its insights, which cross several disciplines. It begins by solving a famous puzzle of the ancient world, which is what was responsible for the tsunami that destroyed settlements in the eastern Mediterranean in 365 AD. By radiocarbon dating of preserved marine organisms, Shaw demonstrates that the whole of western Crete was lifted out of the sea by up to 10 metres in a massive earthquake at that time, which occured on a previously unknown fault. The author shows that the resulting tsunami would have the characteristics described by ancient writers, and uses modern GPS measurements and coastiline geomorphology to show that the strain build-up near Crete requires such a tsunami-earthquake about every 6.000 years - a major insight into Mediterranean tsunami hazard. A detailed seismological study of earthquakes in the Cretan arc over the last 50 years reveals other important features of its behaviour that were previously unknown. Finally, she provides fundamental insights into the limitations of radiocarbon dating marine organisms, relating to how they secrete carbon into their skeletons. The thesis resulted in three major papers in top journals.
650		0	_aGeography.
650		0	_aGeology.
650		0	_aGeology, Structural.
650		0	_aPhysical geography.
650		0	_aHistory.
650	1	4	_aEarth Sciences.
650	2	4	_aGeology.
650	2	4	_aStructural Geology.
650	2	4	_aNatural Hazards.
650	2	4	_aHistorical Geology.
650	2	4	_aHistory.
650	2	4	_aGeophysics/Geodesy.
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776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783642208034
830		0	_aSpringer Theses
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