| Session Details | |
| Section | SE - Solid Earth Sciences |
| Session Title | Paleo- & Historical Earthquake Research and Quantitative Analysis of Seismicity |
| Main Convener | Prof. Jian Wang (China Earthquake Administration, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Kenji Satake (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Prof. Christa Hammerl (Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics, Austria) Prof. Javed Malik (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India) |
| Session Description | Time interval of instrumental seismology is only about one hundred years, too short to cover the recurrence interval of large or great earthquakes and to understand seismicity of particular area or the entire globe. Paleo- & historical earthquake research are possible approaches to prolong the time period of seismic data, but their parameters are less accurate and/or incomplete relatively. Now is the time to challenge such long-lasting dilemmatic problems! The aim of this section is to combine three different seismic research domains: modern, historical and paleoseismology, which have been separately discussed, in fruitful interdisciplinary approach. We hope to improve the accuracy of paleo- & historical earthquake parameters and promote seismicity pattern studies quantitatively. Such efforts can lead us understand a longer time-span and more accurate seismicity of a certain area, meanwhile having a better understanding about its geophysical background. |