The door knockers of Mansurah: Strong shaking in a region of low perceived seismic risk, Sindh, Pakistan

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 471, Issue , 2010, Pages 29-37

  Bilham, Roger ^a   Lodi, Sarosh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOORS;

CO-SEISMIC UPLIFTS; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; NATURAL DEATH; PAKISTAN; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC RISK;

EARTHQUAKES;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; AVULSION; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SEISMICITY; UPLIFT; URBAN HISTORY;

PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 78651238307     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.2471(03)     Document Type: Article

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