Houseman, GA orcid.org/0000-0003-2907-8840 (2018) Why Earthquakes Threaten Two Major European Cities: Istanbul and Bucharest. European Review, 26 (1). pp. 30-49. ISSN 1062-7987
Abstract
Istanbul and Bucharest are major European cities that face a continuing threat of large earthquakes. The geological contexts for these two case studies enable us to understand the nature of the threat and to predict more precisely the consequences of future earthquakes, although we remain unable to predict the time of those events with any precision better than multi-decadal. These two cities face contrasting threats: Istanbul is located on a major geological boundary, the North Anatolian Fault, which separates a westward moving Anatolia from the stable European landmass. Bucharest is located within the stable European continent, but large-scale mass movements in the upper mantle beneath the lithosphere cause relatively frequent large earthquakes that represent a serious threat to the city and surrounding regions.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Academia Europaea 2017. This is an author produced version of a paper published in European Review. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Inst of Geophysics and Tectonics (IGT) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number NERC No External Reference NERC NE/G005931/1 NERC NE/I028017/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2018 11:39 |
Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2018 10:08 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S1062798717000448 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128608 |