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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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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: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Fault Activity and Earthquake Proof Design
- Preface
- 2. Analysis of Strong Motion Records from the Southern Hyogo Earthquake of January 17, 1995
- 3. Earthquake-Related Ground Motion and Ground-Water Pressure Change at the Kamaishi Mine
- 4. Fault Movement and Its Impact on Ground Deformations and Engineering Structures
- 5. The 1995 7.2 Magnitude Kobe Earthquake and the Arima-Takatsuki Tectonic Line: Implications of the Seismic Risk for Central Japan
- 6. The 1995 Kobe Earthquake and Problems of Evaluation of Active Faults in Japan
- 7. Modeling of the Interaction between Destructive Inland Earthquakes and Large off Coast Earthquakes in Central and South-West Japan
- 8. A New Opportunity to Detect Paleo-Earthquake Events Dating Back to the Past 10 Millennia: A Record from Lacustrine Sediment
- 9. Seismotectonic Environment and Design Basis Earthquake for the Darlington Nuclear Power Station.