Perspectives in Modern Seismology

Introduction.- Earthquake Early Warning Systems.- A Combined Geophysical/Engineering Approach of the Seismic Safety of Long-Span Bridges.- Earthquake Modelling in the Dead Sea Basin.- Nonlinear Seismology - The Seismology of the XXI Century.- Structure of the Upper Mantle beneath Northern Eurasia Derived from Russian Deep-Seismic PNE Profiles.- True-Amplitude Imaging.- Imaging of Orebodies with Vertical Seismic Profiling Data.- Tectonic Evolution of the Dead Sea Rift and its Effect on Civilization.- Escapades of the Aegean-Anatolian Block.- Real-Time Monitoring of the Slab Detachment in the SE-Carpathians.- Geodynamics and Seismicity of the Southeastern Carpathinas Inferred from Analytical to Three-Dimensional Modelling.