Note: Intro -- _GoBack -- List of key abbreviations and definitions -- Chronological table -- Part 1 -- Introduction and theoretical background -- Chapter 1 -- 'In bulls doth the Earth-Shaker delight' - Introduction to the volume1 -- Jan Driessen -- Chapter 2 -- Seismological issues of concern for archaeoseismology -- Susan E. Hough -- Chapter 3 -- Palaeoseismology -- James P. McCalpin -- Chapter 4 -- Archaeoseismology -- Manuel Sintubin -- Chapter 5 -- Non-invasive techniques in archaeoseismology -- Christoph Grützner & -- Thomas Wiatr -- Part 2 -- Geological and seismotectonic context -- Chapter 6 -- The geological setting of Crete: an overview -- Charalampos Fassoulas -- Chapter 7 -- Earthquake sources and seismotectonics in the area of Crete -- Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos -- Chapter 8 -- The palaeoseismological study of capable faults on Crete -- Jack Mason & -- Klaus Reicherter -- Part 3 -- Minoan archaeoseismology -- Chapter 9 -- Archaeoseismological research on Minoan Crete: past and present -- Simon Jusseret -- Chapter 10 -- An architectural style of openness and mutability as stimulus for the development of an earthquake-resistant building technology at Akrotiri, Thera, and Minoan Crete -- Clairy Palyvou -- Chapter 11 -- Minoan structural systems: earthquake-resistant characteristics. The role of timber -- Eleftheria Tsakanika -- Part 4 -- Case studies -- Chapter 12 -- Evidence for three earthquakes at Mochlos in the Neopalatial period, c. 1700-1430 BC -- Jeffrey S. Soles, Floyd W. McCoy & -- Rhonda Suka -- Chapter 13 -- Punctuation in palatial prehistory: earthquakes as the stratigraphical markers of the 18th-15th centuries BC in central Crete -- Colin F. Macdonald -- Chapter 14 -- Man the measure: earthquakes as depositional agents in Minoan Crete -- Tim Cunningham -- Part 5 -- Critical appraisal and conclusion -- Chapter 15. , Earthquakes and Minoan Crete: breaking the myth through interdisciplinarity -- Simon Jusseret & -- Manuel Sintubin -- About the authors -- About the editors -- Index.

Note: Front Cover -- Paleoseismology -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Paleoseismology -- 1.1. The Scope of Paleoseismology -- 1.1.1. Definition and Objectives -- 1.1.2. Organization and Scope of This Book -- 1.1.3. The Relation of Paleoseismology to Other Neotectonic Studies -- 1.2. Identifying Prehistoric Earthquakes from Primary and Secondary Evidence -- 1.2.1. Classification of Paleoseismic Evidence -- 1.2.2. The Incompleteness of the Paleoseismic Record -- 1.2.3. Underrepresentation Versus Overrepresentation of the Paleoseismic Record -- 1.3. Prehistoric Earthquake Dating and Recurrence -- 1.3.1. Dating Accuracy and Precision and Their Relation to Recurrence -- 1.3.2. Patterns in Recurrence -- 1.4. Estimating the Magnitude of Prehistoric Earthquakes -- 1.5. The Early Development of Paleoseismology, 1890-1980 -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 2A: Field Techniques in Paleoseismology-Terrestrial Environments -- 2A.1. Introduction -- 2A.1.1. Scope of the Chapter -- 2A.1.2. Preferred Sequence of Investigations -- 2A.2. Mapping Paleoseismic Landforms -- 2A.2.1. Locating Surface Deformation -- 2A.2.2. Mapping Deposits Versus Landforms in Seismic Areas -- 2A.2.3. Detailed Topographic Mapping -- 2A.2.4. Topographic Profiling -- 2A.2.5. Dating Methods for Late Quaternary Landforms -- 2A.3. Mapping Paleoseismic Stratigraphy -- 2A.3.1. Geophysical Techniques in Paleoseismology -- 2A.3.2. Trenching -- 2A.3.3. Drilling, Coring, Slicing, and Peeling -- 2A.3.4. Dating Methods for Late Quaternary Deposits -- 2A.4. Distinguishing Paleoseismic Features from Nonseismic orNontectonic Features -- 2A.4.1. Special Case: Stable Continental Interiors -- 2A.5. Specialized Subfields of Paleoseismology -- 2A.5.1. Archeoseismology -- 2A.5.2. Dendroseismology -- Chapter 2B: Sub-Aqueous Paleoseismology. , 2B.1. Introduction -- 2B.1.1. Scope of the Chapter -- 2B.2. Mapping and Dating Paleoseismic Landforms Offshore -- 2B.2.1. Submarine Mapping and Imaging Methods -- 2B.2.2. Dating Submarine Structures, Landforms, and Deposits Using Paleoseismic Stratigraphy -- 2B.3. Locating Primary Evidence: Active Faulting and Structures -- 2B.3.1. Direct Fault Investigations -- 2B.3.2. Off-Fault Investigation -- 2B.4. Locating Secondary Evidence: Landslides, Turbidites, Submarine Tsunami Deposits -- 2B.4.1. Distinguishing Earthquake and Nonearthquake Triggering Mechanisms -- 2B.4.2. Turbidite Paleoseismology -- 2B.4.3. Offshore Tsunami Deposits -- 2B.4.4. Lacustrine Environments -- 2B.4.5. Submarine Landslides Triggered by Earthquakes -- 2B.4.6. Coeval Fault Motion and Fluid Venting Evidence -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 3: Paleoseismology in Extensional Tectonic Environments -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.1.1. Styles, Scales, and Environments of Extensional Deformation -- 3.1.2. The Earthquake Deformation Cycle in Extensional Environments -- 3.1.3. Historic Analog Earthquakes -- 3.2. Geomorphic Evidence of Paleoearthquakes -- 3.2.1. Tectonic Geomorphology of Normal Fault Blocks -- 3.2.2. Features of Bedrock Fault Planes and Other Rock Surfaces -- 3.2.3. Formation of Fault Scarps in Unconsolidated Deposits -- 3.2.4. Degradation of Fault Scarps in Unconsolidated Deposits -- 3.2.5. Spatial and Temporal Variations in Surface Displacement -- 3.2.6. Geomorphic Features Formed by Single and Recurrent Faulting -- 3.3. Stratigraphic Evidence of Paleoearthquakes -- 3.3.1. Characteristics of Near-Surface Normal Faults in Section -- 3.3.2. Distinguishing Tectonic from Depositional Features -- 3.3.3. Sedimentation and Soil Formation in the Fault Zone -- 3.3.4. Measuring Displacement on Normal Fault Exposures -- 3.3.5. Distinguishing Creep Displacement from Episodic Displacement. , 3.4. Dating Paleoearthquakes -- 3.4.1. Direct Dating of the Exposed Fault Plane -- 3.4.2. Direct Dating via Scarp Degradation Modeling -- 3.4.3. Age Estimates from Soil Development on Fault Scarps -- 3.4.4. Bracketing the Age of Faulting by Dating Geomorphic Surfaces -- 3.4.5. Bracketing the Age of Faulting by Dating Displaced Deposits -- 3.4.6. Bracketing the Age of Faulting by Dating Colluvial Wedges -- 3.4.7. Age Estimates from Cosmogenic Nuclides in Depth Profiles on Fault Scarps -- 3.5. Interpreting the Paleoseismic History by Retrodeformation -- 3.5.1. Types of Retrodeformations -- 3.5.2. Assumptions Used when Restoring Strata to their Prefaulting Geometry -- 3.5.3. Accounting for Soil Development in Retrodeformation -- 3.6. Distinguishing Tectonic from Nontectonic Normal Faults -- 3.6.1. Tectonic, but Nonseismogenic Normal Faults -- 3.6.2. Nontectonic, but Seismogenic Normal Faults -- 3.6.3. Nontectonic and Nonseismogenic Normal Faults -- Chapter 4: Paleoseismology of Volcanic Environments -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Volcano-Extensional Structures -- 4.2.1. Worldwide Examples of Volcano-Extensional Structures -- 4.2.2. Central Volcanoes and Calderas -- 4.2.3. Volcanic Rift Zones -- 4.2.4. Magma-Induced Slope Instability -- 4.2.1. Worldwide Examples of Volcano-Extensional Structures -- 4.3. Criteria for Field Recognition of Volcano-Extensional Features -- 4.3.1. Results of Empirical and Numerical Modeling -- 4.3.2. Volcano-Tectonic Geomorphology -- 4.3.3. Geophysical Methods -- 4.3.4. Geodetic Remote-Sensing Techniques -- 4.4. Paleoseismological Implications and Methods -- 4.4.1. Excavation -- 4.4.2. Geochronology -- 4.4.3. Recurrence Intervals -- 4.4.4. Maximum Magnitude -- 4.5. Conclusions -- 4.6. Information on the Companion Web site -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 5: Paleoseismology of Compressional Tectonic Environments -- 5.1. Introduction. , 5.1.1. Organization of This Chapter -- 5.1.2. Styles, Scales, and Environments of Deformation -- 5.1.3. The Earthquake Deformation Cycle of Reverse Faults -- 5.1.4. Historic Analog Earthquakes -- 5.2. Geomorphic Evidence of Reverse Paleoearthquakes -- 5.2.1. Initial Morphology of Reverse and Thrust Fault Scarps -- 5.2.2. Degradation of Thrust Fault Scarps -- 5.2.3. Interaction of Thrust Fault Scarps with Geomorphic Surfaces -- 5.2.4. Slip Rate Studies -- 5.2.5. Spatial and Temporal Variations in Surface Displacement -- 5.3. Stratigraphic Evidence of Reverse and Thrust Paleoearthquakes -- 5.3.1. General Style of Deformation on Reverse Faults in Section -- 5.3.2. Trenching Techniques -- 5.3.3. Structure and Evolution of Reverse-Fault Scarps -- 5.3.4. Structure and Evolution of Thrust Fault Scarps -- 5.3.5. Stratigraphic Bracketed Offset -- 5.3.6. Fault-Onlap Sedimentary Sequences -- 5.3.7. Summary of Stratigraphic Evidence for Thrust Paleoearthquakes -- 5.3.8. Distinguishing Creep Displacement from Episodic Displacement -- 5.4. Dating Paleoearthquakes -- 5.4.1. Direct Dating of the Exposed Fault Plane -- 5.4.2. Direct Dating via Scarp Degradation Modeling -- 5.4.3. Age Estimates from Soil Development on Fault Scarps -- 5.4.4. Bracketing the Age of Faulting by Dating Displaced Deposits -- 5.5. Interpreting the Paleoseismic History by Retrodeformation -- 5.5.1. Rigid-Block Retrodeformations -- 5.5.2. Plastic Retrodeformations -- 5.6. Distinguishing Seismogenic from Nonseismogenic Reverse Faults -- 5.6.1. Tectonic, but Nonseismogenic Reverse Faults -- 5.6.2. Nontectonic, but Seismogenic Reverse Faults -- 5.6.3. Nontectonic and Nonseismogenic Reverse Faults -- 5.7. Hazards Due to Reverse Surface Faulting -- 5.8. Paleoseismic Evidence of Coseismic Folding -- 5.8.1. Geomorphic Evidence of Active Surface Folding. , 5.8.2. Stratigraphic Evidence of Active Surface Folding -- 5.8.3. Assessing Seismic Hazards from Blind Thrusts -- 5.9. Paleoseismology of Subduction Zones -- 5.9.1. Introduction -- 5.9.2. Segmentation of Subduction Zones -- 5.9.3. Surface Faulting: Upper Plate Versus Plate-Boundary Structures -- 5.9.4. Historic Subduction Earthquakes as Modern Analogs for Paleoearthquakes -- 5.9.5. The Earthquake Deformation Cycle in Subduction Zones -- 5.10. Late Quaternary Sea Level -- 5.10.1. Sea-Level Index Points along Erosional Shorelines -- 5.10.2. Sea-Level Index Points Along Depositional Shorelines -- 5.11. The Coseismic Earthquake Horizon -- 5.11.1. Characteristics of Coseismic Earthquake Horizons -- 5.11.2. Earthquake-Killed Trees -- 5.11.3. Tsunami Deposits -- 5.11.5. Summary of Stratigraphic Evidence for Paleoseismicity -- 5.12. Paleoseismic Evidence of Coseismic Uplift -- 5.12.1. Alaska -- 5.12.2. Cascadia Subduction Zone -- 5.13. Paleoseismic Evidence of Coseismic Subsidence -- 5.13.1. Alaska -- 5.13.2. Cascadia Subduction Zone -- 5.13.3. Ambiguities in Characterizing Subduction Paleoearthquakes -- Chapter 6: Paleoseismology of Strike-Slip Tectonic Environments -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.1.1. Styles, Scales, and Environments of Deformation -- 6.1.2. Segmentation of Strike-Slip Faults -- 6.1.3. The Earthquake Deformation Cycle of Strike-Slip Faults -- 6.1.4. Historic Analog Earthquakes -- 6.2. Geomorphic Evidence of Paleoearthquakes -- 6.2.1. Landforms Used as Piercing Points -- 6.2.2. Using Lateral Offsets to Calculate Long-Term Slip Rates -- 6.2.3. Spatial and Temporal Variations in Surface Displacement -- 6.2.4. Reconstructing Individual Earthquake Displacements -- 6.3. Stratigraphic Evidence of Paleoearthquakes -- 6.3.1. General Style of Deformation on Strike-Slip Faults in Section -- 6.3.2. Sedimentation and Weathering in Strike-Slip Fault Zones. , 6.3.3. Trenching Techniques.