An overview of some significant eastern Canadian earthquakes and their impacts on the geological environment, buildings and the public

Natural Hazards

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-68

  Lamontagne, Maurice ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charlevoix; Damage; Earthquakes; Intraplate; Landslides; Paleoearthquakes; Psychosocial impact; Rock falls; Seismicity; Surface rupture

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND MOTION; LANDSLIDE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING;

(EAST); CANADA;

EID: 0036294233     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015268710302     Document Type: Article

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