Understanding Past Earthquakes

Introduction.- Modern Approaches to Understanding Past Earthquakes.- Measuring Ground Motions.- Historical Instrumental Seismology.- Eyewitness Macroseismology.- Shaking Constraints from Geology and the Natural Landscape.- Measuring Ground Deformation.- Remote Sensing of Surface Terrestrial Rupture Length and Slip.- Paleogeodesy of Offshore Earthquakes from Coral Microatolls. - Submarine Rupture extents and Sizes from Seafloor Coring.- Synthesizing Observations of Individual Earthquakes.- Surface Rupture Geometries, Slip Variability & Scaling Relations from Multiple Earthquakes.- Extrapolating Paleoseismic Parameters to an Entire Fault.- Distribution of Deformation through the Earthquake Cycle.- Synoptic Conclusion.- Employing and Combining Diverse Approaches to Understand Past Earthquake Ruptures in Relation to Modern Seismic Events.

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Active Tectonics;Earthquake Cycle;Extrapolating Paleoseismic Parameters;Geohazards;Geomorphology;Ground Deformation;Measuring Ground Motions;Paleogeodesy;Paleoseismology;Past Earthquake Ruptures;Seismic Events;Surface Rupture Geometries;Open Access