Download or read book Earthquake Hazard Reduction Sept 1970 written by United States. Science and Technology Office and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Earthquake Engineering Frontiers in the New Millennium written by Y.X. Hu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume comprises papers presented at the China-US Millennium Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, held in Beijing, China, on November 8-11, 2000. This conference provides a forum for advancing the field of earthquake engineering through multi-lateral cooperation.

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