International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology

William H. K. Lee, Hiroo Kanamori, Paul C. Jennings, and Carl Kisslinger

Penerbit : Academic Press for International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interio

Tahun : 2002

Modern scientific investigations of earthquakes began in the 1880s, and the International Association of Seismology was organized in 1901-4 to promote collaboration of scientists and engineers in studying earthquakes. It became a Section (later Association) of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics in 1919, and the present International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI) in 1951. With the rapid advances in science during the 20th century, many branches of seismology developed and some excellent text books and monographs havebeen published on various seismological subjects and disciplines. However, there is no reference book that summarizes our present knowledge about earthquake and engineering seismology as a whole.

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