Part one of term paper
On Wednesday Virginia Tech had a guest lecturer from Stanford University come to talk to both faculty and students on the relationship between the three aspects of the title of this report. Amos Nur is a professor at Stanford and an AAPG lecturer. His expertise is in the area of geophysics, or a branch of earth science that employs physica ...

Part two of term paper
... he decided to look at past earthquakes, specifically in the Middle East and the Mediterranean. He used these records to make a record of seismic movement for the past millenniums. In this he concluded that ancient sites have experienced earthquakes again and again. With this he explained his earthquake indicators which are as follows: slipped keystones, collapsed walls, rebuilding, fallen columns, patterns f regional destruction, and repeated destruction and rebuilding. The professor then ...