Seismic vulnerability of Kuwait and other Arabian gulf countries information base and research needs

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-186

  Bou Rabee, F ^a   VanMarcke, E ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian gulf; Building codes; Earthquake; Kuwait; Risk assessment; Seismic vulneralbility; Seismology; Soil amplification; Tall buildings; Zagros

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKES; TSUNAMIS;

ZAGROS FOLD BELT;

SOILS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC HAZARD;

KUWAIT; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 0035246669     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(00)00095-6     Document Type: Article

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