Earthquake proof design and active faults /
On 17th January 1995 an inland earthquake of 7.2 magnitude occurred under Kobe city in central Japan. More than 5,500 people lost their lives. There was immense and serious damage to buildings. Researchers and engineers were shocked and astonished by the extent of the devastation and loss of life. G...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Elsevier,
1997.
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| Series: | Developments in geotechnical engineeiing ;
81. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | On 17th January 1995 an inland earthquake of 7.2 magnitude occurred under Kobe city in central Japan. More than 5,500 people lost their lives. There was immense and serious damage to buildings. Researchers and engineers were shocked and astonished by the extent of the devastation and loss of life. Ground motions, generated by the event were far greater than the seismic standard for earthquake-proof designs in Japan. Recent academic progress in the fields of geology and geophysics, which would help to reduce the severity of seismic disasters, has not been sufficiently applied to the development of earthquake-proof designs. This book contains 13 original and innovative papers of interdisciplinary study spanning earthquake-proof technology and active fault science (seven of the papers cover topics concerning the 1995 Kobe earthquake). |
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| Item Description: | "Including all papers published in Engineering geology 43/2-3." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 268 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780444825629 0444825622 9780080530666 0080530664 1281759899 9781281759894 9786611759896 6611759891 |