Dangerous tectonics, fragile buildings, and tough decisions

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5769, 2006, Pages 1873-1875

  Bilham, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TECTONICS;

INDIAN PLATE;

EARTHQUAKES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC ZONE;

BUILDING; DECISION MAKING; EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INDIA; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33645464587     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1125176     Document Type: Review

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