PALEOSEISMOLOGY - A CHALLENGE FOR EARTHQUAKE HAZARD ASSESSMENT IN SLOVENIA
Abstract
Paleoseismology studies indications of strong earthquakes which happened in the past but were not recorded instrumentally or in historical records but are preserved in the vicinity of active faults or in soft sediments that underwent liquefaction or some kind of strong deformation during the earthquakes. It is very important for seismic hazard assessment studies to complete earthquake catalogues with paleoseismological data as far back as 10,000 years ago. Paleoseismological studies comprise geological, geomorphological, geophysical and geodetic investigations of sediments from the Quaternary period and exploration trenching. An example of a successful paleoseismological investigation in Bulgaria is described and a proposal for such investigations in Slovenia is presented.
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