The development of seismic zones and the evaluation of lateral loadings for earthquake resistant design of buildings in Papua New Guinea
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.17.4.292-296Abstract
A recently published seismic zoning map of Papua New Guinea does not correlate particularly well with either presentday seismicity or tectonic models of the region. Several reasons are given and a modified version of the map is presented for discussion and as a replacement in the Building Code.
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