Mitigating active fault surface rupture hazard in New Zealand: Development of National Guidelines, and assessment of their implementation

8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2006

Volumn 10, Issue , 2006, Pages 6181-6190

  Van Dissen, R ^a   Heron, D ^a   Becker, J ^a   King, A ^a   Kerr, J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES; FAULT SURFACES; LIFE SAFETY; MAJOR ELEMENTS; NEW ZEALAND; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SURFACE RUPTURES;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

HAZARDS;

EID: 84865841966     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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