Investigating the Earthquakes of the Past Centuries: Behind the Scenes
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Dr. Paola Albini research and interpretation of the historical records on the effects of the last millennium earthquakes in the Euro-Mediterranean area have been published in several peer-reviewed scientific journals, and she has been acting as editor of collective volumes ("Materials of the CEC project <Review of Historical Seismicity in Europe>", 1994; "The Use of Historical Data in Natural Hazards Assessment", 2001), and special journal issues on this topic (Terra Nova, 1993; Annals of Geophysics, 2004; Seismological Research Letters, Focus Section on “Historical Earthquake Data and Research”, 2020). In the field of historical seismology, she has contributed to the definition of the methodological approach i) in retrieving and interpreting the historical earthquake records, ii) in the assignment of macroseismic intensity, and iii) the assessment of the catalogue completeness from a historical perspective, incorporated in the seismic hazard calculations for the Italian territory (2004).