caa a22 4500 467936234 CHVBK 20180406152958.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11069-006-0013-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11069-006-0013-y A Pragmatic Approach to Seismic Parameters in a region with Low Seismicity: The Case of Eastern Iberia [Elektronische Daten] [H. Perea, E. Masana, P. Santanach] In intra-plate regions with low-seismic activity, seismic cycles last between 103 and 105years and, consequently, quiescent faults may be capable of producing catastrophic earthquakes. Paleoseismic studies, which are necessary to define capable faults in these regions and to establish their seismic parameters, are scarce and not always possible. In order to overcome the scarcity of paleoseismic data, this paper proposes an approach to evaluate the capability and seismic parameters of faults. This approach takes into account instrumental, historical, paleoseismological and geological data. Assuming that in a given structural region with definite climatic and geological characteristics similar geomorphic features reflect a similar structural-seismic evolution, the capability of faults is established by comparing the fault related geomorphic features of the few proven seismogenic faults with those of the rest of the faults. The seismic parameters were estimated using some mathematical relationships from geological and geomorphological data, where the slip rate of the faults was determined from geological and geomorphological criteria. The case of eastern Iberia is presented to illustrate this approach. This area is characterized by low seismicity, few historical destructive earthquakes, and only one fault with good paleoseismological data. Of the 249 potential faults (longer than 10km and adequately oriented with respect to the current stress field), 23 were regarded as capable faults. Some of these were located in seismic quiescent areas, and their main seismic parameters were estimated. Springer, 2006 capable faults nationallicence seismogenic faults nationallicence active tectonics nationallicence geomorphology nationallicence paleoseismology nationallicence fault seismic parameters nationallicence eastern Iberia nationallicence intra-plate regions nationallicence Perea H. Departament de Geodinàmica i Geofísica, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí Franquès s/n, 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut Masana E. Departament de Geodinàmica i Geofísica, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí Franquès s/n, 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut Santanach P. Departament de Geodinàmica i Geofísica, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí Franquès s/n, 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut Natural Hazards Kluwer Academic Publishers 39/3(2006-12-01), 451-477 0921-030X 39:3<451 2006 39 11069 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-006-0013-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-006-0013-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Perea H. Departament de Geodinàmica i Geofísica, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí Franquès s/n, 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Masana E. Departament de Geodinàmica i Geofísica, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí Franquès s/n, 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Santanach P. Departament de Geodinàmica i Geofísica, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí Franquès s/n, 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Natural Hazards Kluwer Academic Publishers 39/3(2006-12-01), 451-477 0921-030X 39:3<451 2006 39 11069 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer