seismotectonics
Sign in to saveSeismotectonics is the study of the relationship between the earthquakes, active tectonics and individual faults of a region. It seeks to understand which faults are responsible for seismic activity in an area by analysing a combination of regional tectonics, recent instrumentally recorded events, accounts of historical earthquakes and geomorphological evidence. This information can then be used to quantify the seismic hazard of an area.
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- Methodology
- Regional tectonics
- Earthquakes
- Instrumentally recorded events
- Historical records
- Field investigations
- Geomorphology
- See also
- References
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Seismotectonics is the study of the relationship between the earthquakes, active tectonics and individual faults of a region. It seeks to understand which faults are responsible for seismic activity in an area by analysing a combination of regional tectonics, recent instrumentally recorded events, accounts of historical earthquakes and geomorphological evidence. This information can then be used to quantify the seismic hazard of an area.
==Methodology== A seismotectonic analysis of an area often involves the integration of disparate datasets.
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