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Alexandre, 1991

Alexandre P., 1991. The Seismic Cataclysm of 29 March 1000: Genesis of a Mistake. Tectonophysics, 193, 1-3, 45-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(91)90187-W

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Abstract

The traditional catalogues of historical seismicity mention a destructive earthquake that occurred on March 29th of the year 1000. It should have been felt over a large part of Europe (from Belgium to Northern Italy and Poland), with its epicentre (intensity VIII) situated at Ljubljana in Slovenia. In reality, a new critical study of the sources shows that this earthquake was only felt in the region between Southern Flanders (St. Amand), Picardy and the Mosan area (Liège). This is an example of a process by which since the 15th century compilers have been led to distort the original data relative to this event and to give it an excessive extension.

Nell'archivio ci sono In the archive there are 2 terremoti provenienti da questo studio: earthquakes considered from this study:


   
molto grandiextra large
   
grandilarge
   
medimedium
   
piccolismall
   
molto piccolivery small
non parametrizzatinot determined
falsifake
 

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