Open AccessThe development of seismic zones and the evaluation of lateral loadings for earthquake resistant design of buildings in Papua New Guinea
Author(s) -
Kevin McCue
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
bulletin of the new zealand society for earthquake engineering/nzsee quarterly bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.917
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2324-1543
pISSN - 1174-9857
DOI - 10.5459/bnzsee.17.4.292-296
Subject(s) - new guinea , induced seismicity , zoning , seismology , geology , tectonics , building code , seismic analysis , geotechnical engineering , civil engineering , engineering , ethnology , history
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.