Application of INQUA Environmental Seismic intensity scale to recent earthquakes in Japan and Taiwan

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 316, Issue , 2009, Pages 55-71

  Ota, Yoko ^a   Azuma, Takashi ^b   Lin, Yu Nong Nina ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND MOTION; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 70349210270     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP316.4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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