Building damage in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, 1994

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-54

  Blong, Russell ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Building code; Building damage; Damage index; Rabaul; Roof loads; Tephra fall; Tephra load; Volcano

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; BUILDING CODE; DAMAGE; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RABAUL;

EID: 0037255290     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-002-0238-x     Document Type: Article

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