Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau is a comprehensive and well-illustrated multi-disciplinary research work that analyzes the human and physical aspects of the active faults and large-magnitude earthquakes since ancient times on the Iranian Plateau. The long-term historical, archaeological, and sociological record of earthquakes discussed here gives insight into earthquake magnitudes, recurrences, fault segmentation, clustering, and patterns of coseismic ruptures from prehistoric times to the present. The first part of the book examines oral traditions and literature of the region concerned with earthquakes, particularly in folklore, epic literature, and theology. The second part assesses dynamic phenomena associated with earthquakes, including active tectonics, archaeoseismicity, and coseismic surface faulting throughout the twentieth century.

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Earthquake Hazard Warning in Oral Tradition and Literature on the Iranian Plateau 1. Place Names and Linguistic Traces Referring to Pre-Historic Earthquakes; Earthquake Hazard Warning in Oral Traditions 2. Earthquake Myths 3. Earthquakes and Religious Thoughts 4. Ancient Earthquake Theories 5. Earthquake Folklores and Legends 6. Earthquakes in Epic Literature 7. Earthquake Poems and Chronogrammatic Verses 8. Earthquake Related Inscriptions Part Two: Dynamic Phenomena Associated with the Earthquakes on the Iranian Plateau 9. Active Tectonics and Geologic Setting of the Iranian Plateau 10. Archaeoseismicity 11. Pre-1900 Coseismic Surface Faulting 12. 1900-1963 Coseismic Surface Faulting 13. 1964-1997 Coseismic Surface Faulting 14. 1998-2013 Coseismic Surface Faulting 15. Coseismic Blind-Fault Related Flexural-Slip Folding and Faulting at the Surface 16. Patterns of the Historical Earthquake Ruptures on the Iranian Plateau 17. Earthquake History of the Iranian Plateau References