Author Archives: Ioannis Papanikolaou
is a Senior Lecturer in the Mineralogy-Geology Lab of the Agricultural University of Athens, member of the Aon Benfield-UCL Hazard Research Centre and Hons Research Fellow at the Dept of Earth Sciences at University College London (UCL).
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Active Fault Database for Northern Greece http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/04/21/active-fault-database-for-northern-greece/ Databases for active faults are a major input for seismic hazard assessment and have been widely developed in several countries (such as USA, Japan,... -
Animation of the 2011 worldwide seismicity http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/03/20/animation-of-the-2011-worldwide-seismicity/ A very nice animation of the 2011 worldwide seismicity for earthquakes M ≥ 4.5 in the following link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwWn_W6ZbT4&feature=youtu.be (with sound intensity for each... -
Published electronic material available for download from the 2nd INQUA- IGCP 567 Corinth 2011 International Workshop http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/03/07/published-electronic-material-available-for-download-from-the-2nd-inqua-igcp-567-corinth-2011-international-workshop/ The 2nd INQUA- IGCP 567 International Workshop on “Active Tectonics, Earthquake Geology, Archaeology and Engineering” was held in Corinth 19-24 September 2011. The event... -
Airborne LiDAR shows how the M 7.2 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake in Mexico changed the landscape http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/02/12/airborne-lidar-shows-how-the-m-7-2-2010-el-mayor%e2%80%93cucapah-earthquake-in-mexico-changed-the-landscape/ A very interesting paper by Oskin et al. (2012) published in Science (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6069/702.full) a few days ago shows how the M 7.2 Mexico earthquake... -
Preliminary results from the Mw7.2 Van earthquake in Eastern Turkey http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/11/07/preliminary-results-from-the-mw7-2-van-earthquake-in-eastern-turkey/ Some preliminary results regarding geological, engineering and social aspects from the Van Mw 7.2 earthquake (23 October 2011) in Eastern Turkey from Prof. Lekkas...
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A few words about the upcoming Corinth Workshop http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/09/17/a-few-words-about-the-upcoming-corinth-workshop/ After the very successful 1st Workshop on Earthquake Archaeology and Paleoseismology held in the ancient roman site of Baelo Claudia (Spain, 2009), the INQUA...
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Program of the 2nd INQUA-IGCP 567 Corinth Workshop http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/09/13/program-of-the-2nd-inqua-igcp-567-corinth-workshop/ The program of the upcoming 2nd INQUA – IGCP 567 International Workshop on Active Tectonics, Earthquake Geology, Archaeology and Engineering just released! Have a go! 19-24...
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Active and Inactive Faults http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/05/06/active-and-inactive-faults/ Following Tomas post let’s stay a little longer on the Corinth Canal. The 6 km long famous Corinth Canal despite being an amazing feat of engineering, since it...
