Decline, Sanctions, and the Suez Crisis, 1956–1957

Diane B. Kunz. The Economic Diplomacy of the Suez Crisis . Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991. xii + 295 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $39.95.     

GENERATION OF SYNTHETIC EARTHQUAKE ACCELEROGRAMS USING SEISMOLOGICAL MODELLING: A REVIEW

A stochastically based seismological model is described in this paper and used to generate synthetic accelerograms that are considered representative of intraplate earthquake events recorded on rock. The model, whilst well publicised in the seismological literature, is discussed and reviewed in this paper from an engineering perspective. The key factors influencing the frequency properties of the Fourier spectrum of the earthquake ground motion are presented and the differences observed between regions such as between eastern and western USA axe discussed. A procedure to generate representative artificial accelerograms from the Fourier spectrum is described. Average response spectra derived from these synthetic accelerograms are then compared with a selection of response spectra derived from recorded accelerograms to test and substantiate the model. The application of the seismological modelling approach to regions outside North America and the implications of the Displacement Based prinicples on the future development of seismological modelling have been addressed and discussed in the paper.     

REPLY TO J.T. SMITH'S SUGGESTED RE-INTERPRETATION OF BARNSLEY PARK VILLA

Summary. A different interpretation of the social significance of the excavation evidence from Barnsley Park has been advanced by Mr J. T. Smith, and the excavators now compare this with the conclusions at which they themselves arrived. They ask to what extent archaeological evidence is capable of settling a hypothesis about social structure, and proceed to re-examine the evidence for the house and for the paved and stone-walled area immediately surrounding it to see which alternative is less strained. Doubt is expressed about seeing many of the very minor nearby structures as other than animal pens. The house is re-examined for original occupation by more than one household, in response to Mr Smith's main point. Multiple occupation is perceived in its later history, but not at the commencement. The excavators conclude that their interpretation is clearer as a result of this very useful reconsideration, but essentially unchanged. Barnsley Park does not provide support for Mr Smith's suggestion of kin-groups in Romano-British villas.