N N Ambraseys

Biographic Data

ID333751
NAMEN N Ambraseys
GIVEN NAMESN N
FAMILY NAMEAmbraseys
SIGNATUREAMBRASEYS N N
AFFILIATIONSImperial College London
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS31
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX3

  • Seismicity of Egypt, Arabia and the Red Sea

    R D Adams, C P Melville et al.BOOKSeismicity of Egypt, Arabia and…2009

  • Earthquakes and archaeology

    Open AccessN N AmbraseysARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2006Cited by: 10References: 1

  • The Seismicity of Egypt, Arabia and the Red Sea

    Open AccessN N Ambraseys, C P Melville et al.BOOKSeismicity of Egypt, Arabia and…1994

    A careful and intensive study of historical sources and a review of the instrumental data of this century have led to this detailed catalogue of earthquakes. Egypt, Arabia, the Red Sea region and the surrounding areas of Libya, Sudan and Ethiopia are studied from the earliest times to the present day. Each earthquake is described as fully as possible from the available data, and is analysed in a geographical and historical context. The completene…

  • Material for the Investigation of the Seismicity of Libya

    Open AccessN N AmbraseysARTICLELibyan Studies1994Cited by: 1References: 3

    A historical monument may be vulnerable to earthquakes but it will be at no risk unless there is a finite probability of such an event occurring at the site during the lifetime of the structure. We define earthquake risk as follows: Equation (1) expresses earthquake risk as a function of the seismic hazard, that is of the probability of occurrence of a damaging earthquake, or earthquakes, during the lifetime of the structure and of the vulnerabil…

  • A History of Persian Earthquakes

    N L Falcon, N N Ambraseys et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1983Cited by: 17

    Macroseismic data from historical sources 2. Macroseismic data from field studies 3. Case histories 4. Instrumental data 5. Earthquake history of Persia Notes References Index

  • Earthquake hazard and vulnerability in the northeastern Mediterranean

    Open AccessN N Ambraseys, J A Jackson et al.ARTICLEDisasters1981Cited by: 3

    Population density, building type and earthquake magnitude are the main factors on which the total building damage following an earthquake depend. For the Greece - Turkey region quantitative relations between these factors have been developed, which, in spite of the inaccuracies in the available data, allow crude estimates of the damage following a particular size earthquake to be made. This is demonstrated retrospectively for the Gulf of Corinth…

  • A Test Case of Historical Seismicity

    N N AmbraseysARTICLEGeographical Journal1979References: 2

    To reduce earthquake losses in regions of little-known seismicity it is necessary to determine in advance what is an acceptable risk. To do this a critical evaluation of all existing seismological, tectonic and historical data should be made and should include confirmation by field study of the epicentral regions of the larger earthquakes. To demonstrate the effectiveness of such a multi-disciplinary approach for the assessment of earthquake risk…

  • The Seismicity of Kuhistan, Iran

    N N Ambraseys, C P Melville et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1977References: 2

    For some remote areas of Iran, as for other parts of the world, accurate and reliable details of the occurrence of earthquakes have only been available for events of the past 25 years. This paper provides a new approach to the problem of establishing the seismicity of eastern Iran, by examining not only the instrumental data, but also the literary and historical sources of information. Despite the fact that the data concerning Kuhistan is poor in…