Time-dependent occurrence rates of large earthquakes in the Dead Sea fault zone and applications to probabilistic seismic hazard assessments [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Amir Hossein Hakimhashemi

Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam - Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum Sektion 2.6: Erdbebengefährdung und Spannungsfeld Time-dependent occurrence rates of large earthquakes in the Dead Sea fault zone and applications to probabilistic seismic hazard assessments Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades "doctor rerum naturalium" (Dr. rer. nat.) in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin "Geophysik" eingereicht und verteidigt an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Potsdam vorgelegt von Amir Hossein Hakimhashemi Potsdam, Oktober 2009 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License: Attribution - Noncommercial - Share Alike 3.0 Germany To view a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/de/ Published online at the Institutional Repository of the University of Potsdam: URL http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2011/5248/ URN urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-52486 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-52486 AbstractThe seismicity of the Dead Sea fault zone (DSFZ) during the last two millennia ischaracterized by a number of damaging and partly devastating earthquakes. Theseevents pose a considerable seismic hazard and seismic risk to Syria, Lebanon,Palestine, Jordan, and Israel.