Microzonation of the expected seismic site effects across port Vila, Vanuatu

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-231

  Regnier, Marc ^a   Moris, Steven ^b   Shapira, Avi ^c   Malitzky, Alona ^c   Shorten, Graham ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b Geology Department   (Vanuatu)

^c GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d SOPAC Secretariat   (Fiji)

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EID: 0034402830     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632460009350369     Document Type: Article

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