The 1855 Wairarapa, New Zealand, earthquake - Analysis of historical data

Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

  Grapes, Rodney ^a   Downes, Gaye ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; TSUNAMIS;

AFTERSHOCK; FAULT; FISSURE; SEICHE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0031342192     PISSN: 11749857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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