Seismological and tectonic setting of the 21 September 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake, Taiwan

Structural Design of Tall Buildings

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 73-87

  Lew, Marshall ^a,b   Naeim, Farzad ^c   Huang, Sampson C ^d   Lam, Howard K ^e   Carpenter, Lauren D ^f  

^a Law/Crandall   (United States)

^b Marshall Lew Law/Crandall   (United States)

^c John A Martin & Associates Inc   (United States)

^d Hart Consultant Group Inc   (United States)

^e Brandow and Johnston Associates   (United States)

^f WHL International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

THRUST FAULTS;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033633365     PISSN: 10628002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1794(200005)9:2<73::AID-TAL145>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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