Paleoseismological study of geologic features thought to result from Quaternary tectonic faulting can characterize the frequencies and sizes of large prehistoric and historical earthquakes, thereby improving the accuracy and precision of seismichazard assessments. Greater accuracy and precision can reduce the likelihood of both underprotection and unnecessary design and construction costs. Publ...

Key-words: Earthquakes, Tectonic movements, Stress, DisplaceKljuZne rije* Potresi, Tektonski pokreti, Stres, Pomaci struktura, ment, Seismotectonically active zone Seizmotektonski aktivna zona A permanent seismotectonic activity is present in the region of U podrutju sjevernog Velebita stalno je prisutna seizmotektonska northern Velebit. Through history a number of earthquakes magniaktivnast. U...

the present study carried out to identify neo tectonic activity of the gorgan river basin in golestan province, in north of eastern alborz range is investigated by four geomorphic indices including the stream– gradient index (sl), drainage basin asymmetry (af), reveres symmetry of topography (t) and mountain front sinuosity (smf). result from the analysis is accumulated and expressed as an in...

Abstract Fault zones along active tectonic block boundaries are a significant source of devastating continental earthquakes. Strong earthquakes produce disruptions sediment and induce characteristic sediments near the fault, which serve as valuable sedimentary evidence for identifying dating paleoearthquakes. In this study, we aimed to reconstruct earthquake history Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone in...

Spring mounds on Earth and on Mars could represent optimal niches of life development. If life ever occurred on Mars, ancient spring deposits would be excellent localities to search for morphological or chemical remnants of an ancient biosphere. In this work, we investigate models of formation and activity of well-exposed spring mounds in the Mechertate-Chrita-Sidi El Hani (MCSH) system, easter...

waste tires, rubbers, plastic and steel materials, normally produced in every society, enter the environment and cause serious problems. these problems may, to some extent, be reduced by finding applications for them in engineering, for example, they can be used for geotechnical applications as backfill material and solving problems with low shear strength soils. such materials may be subjected...

this study investigated different concepts for natural-gas-fired power plants with the co2capture, and compared them based on the net plant efficiency and emission of co2. the cycles were based ona six oxy-fuel, one post-combustion and two pre-combustion capture concept. this paper presented theresults of an environmental evaluation performed by the application of the life cycle analysis (lca) ...

In recent years, tectonic plate movements have caused huge natural disasters, such as the Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and the resulting Asian tsunami, which led to significant loss of human lives and properties (Ammon et al., 2005; Lay et al., 2005). Scientific evidences proved it was the beginning of a new earthquake supper-cycle in this active area (Sieh et al., 2008). In order for scien...

the study of tectonic evolution of the tethyan and se asian regions indicates that these tworegions have each passed through southwardly progressing sequences of similar tectonic events. both regionshave experienced a southward island-arc subduction and back-arc spreading leading to continentaldetachment from gondwanaland, with an earlier southward island arc subduction of palaeotethys (tethyan...

massive than all human structures combined and are sculpted in greater detail than a Baroque palace. The world’s tallest pinnacle—Mount Everest in the Himalayas— reaches 8,848 meters, or about 15 times higher than anything people have ever built. Not surprisingly, such spectacular topography has evoked awe and inspired artists and adventurers throughout human existence. Recent research has led ...