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- Title
- Microzonation for Safer Construction, Research and Application. Proceedings of International Conference (2nd), Held at San Francisco, California on November 26-December 1, 1978. Volume I.
- File
- PB300308.pdf
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., December 1978, 632 p.
- Abstract
- This first of three volumes of technical papers presented at the Second International Conference summarizes the state of knowledge in the zoning areas for earthquake effects and identifies future research needs in seismic microzonation. Although the titles of papers contained in all three volumes are listed and represent diverse fields of interest such as geology, seismology, engineering, sociology, economics, and architecture, this volume contains only those papers on the state-of-the-art and microzonation which make up the first two sessions of the conference. The first session consists of eleven papers in areas such as global tectonics, strong motion seismology, soil dynamics, social aspects of earthquakes, urban design, earthquake insurance and government responsibility in microzonation. Included in the second session are a total of thirty-six papers, nine of which concentrate on progress on seismic zonation in the San Francisco Bay region. Other areas reported in relation to microzonation are British Columbia, Peru, Guatemala, Taiwan, the Philippines, Iran, Vrancea, Japan, Nevada, and Utah. This volume also contains a four-paper report on the Miyagiken-oki, Japan Earthquake of June 12, 1978. An index of authors is included.
- Keywords
- Geophysics; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismic risk; Seismology; Geological surveys; Seismic zoning; Structural design; Earthquake engineering; Meetings; Liquefaction (Soils); Soil dynamics; Soil structure interactions; Microzonation; Earthquakes; Geological faults